Original Article
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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 28, 2012; 18(44): 6409-6419
Published online Nov 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i44.6409
Eosinophil associated genes in the inflammatory bowel disease 4 region: Correlation to inflammatory bowel disease revealed
Kristin Blom, Jenny Rubin, Jonas Halfvarson, Leif Törkvist, Anders Rönnblom, Per Sangfelt, Mikael Lördal, Ulla-Britt Jönsson, Urban Sjöqvist, Lena Douhan Håkansson, Per Venge, Marie Carlson
Kristin Blom, Jenny Rubin, Ulla-Britt Jönsson, Lena Douhan Håkansson, Per Venge, Department of Medical Sciences, Clinical Chemistry, Uppsala University Hospital, SE-75185 Uppsala, Sweden
Jonas Halfvarson, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Intestinal Medicine, Örebro University Hospital, SE-70185 Örebro, Sweden
Jonas Halfvarson, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, SE-70185 Örebro, Sweden
Leif Törkvist, Mikael Lördal, Urban Sjöqvist, IBD Clinical research group, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
Leif Törkvist, Department for Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
Mikael Lördal, Urban Sjöqvist, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
Anders Rönnblom, Per Sangfelt, Marie Carlson, Department of Medical Sciences, Gastroenterology Research Group, Uppsala University, SE-75185 Uppsala, Sweden
Author contributions: Carlson M, Blom K, Rubin J, Håkansson LD and Venge P designed the study; Carlson M, Törkvist L, Halfvarson J, Rönnblom A, Sangfelt P, Lördal M and Sjöqvist U was responsible for participant recruitment and clinical assessment; Blom K, Rubin J, Carlson M, Venge P, Håkansson LD and Jönsson UB designed the laboratory experiments and made the statistical analysis; Blom K, Rubin J, Halfvarson J, Jönsson UB, Håkansson LD, Venge P and Carlson M drafted and wrote the paper.
Supported by Grants from the Swedish Research Council-Medicine; the Hedlunds Foundation and from the Medical Faculty, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Correspondence to: Kristin Blom, PhD, Department of Medical Sciences, Clinical Chemistry, Uppsala University Hospital, SE-75185 Uppsala, Sweden. kristin.blom@medsci.uu.se
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Received: March 28, 2012
Revised: June 20, 2012
Accepted: July 18, 2012
Published online: November 28, 2012
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