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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 21, 2010; 16(3): 359-364
Published online Jan 21, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i3.359
NOD2, IL23R and ATG16L1 polymorphisms in Lithuanian patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Jurgita Sventoraityte, Aida Zvirbliene, Andre Franke, Ruta Kwiatkowski, Gediminas Kiudelis, Limas Kupcinskas, Stefan Schreiber
Jurgita Sventoraityte, Aida Zvirbliene, Gediminas Kiudelis, Limas Kupcinskas, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaunas University of Medicine, LT-44307 Kaunas, Lithuania
Andre Franke, Ruta Kwiatkowski, Stefan Schreiber, Institute for Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
Author contributions: Sventoraityte J and Zvirbliene A contributed equally to this work; Zvirbliene A, Kiudelis G and Kupcinskas L contributed human subject blood samples; Kupcinskas L, Zvirbliene A and Kwiatkowski R designed the research; Zvirbliene A and Sventoraityte J performed the research and analyzed the data; Sventoraityte J wrote the paper; Franke A and Kupcinskas L revised the manuscript; Schreiber S and Franke A co-ordinated and provided the financial support for this work.
Supported by The German Ministry of Education and Research through the National Genome Research Network
Correspondence to: Limas Kupcinskas, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaunas University of Medicine, A. Mickeviciaus Street 9, LT-44307 Kaunas, Lithuania. likup@takas.lt
Telephone: +370-37-326092 Fax: +370-37-326508
Received: September 25, 2009
Revised: November 14, 2009
Accepted: November 21, 2009
Published online: January 21, 2010
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