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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 21, 2012; 18(47): 6981-6986
Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6981
-449 C>G polymorphism of NFKB1 gene, coding nuclear factor-kappa-B, is associated with the susceptibility to ulcerative colitis
Ranji Hayashi, Tomomitsu Tahara, Tsukasa Yamaaki, Takashi Saito, Kazuhiro Matsunaga, Nobuhiko Hayashi, Atsushi Fukumura, Kazuaki Ozaki, Masakatsu Nakamura, Hisakazu Shiroeda, Mikihiro Tsutsumi, Tomoyuki Shibata, Tomiyasu Arisawa
Ranji Hayashi, Tsukasa Yamaaki, Takashi Saito, Kazuhiro Matsunaga, Nobuhiko Hayashi, Atsushi Fukumura, Kazuaki Ozaki, Masakatsu Nakamura, Hisakazu Shiroeda, Mikihiro Tsutsumi, Tomiyasu Arisawa, Department of Gastroenterology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa 920-0293, Japan
Tomomitsu Tahara, Tomoyuki Shibata, Department of Gastroenterology, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo Katsukake-Cho, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
Author contributions: Hayashi R analyzed the data, wrote the paper and was responsible for the conception and design of the study; Arisawa T participated in the design of the study; Tahara T, together with Yamaaki T, Saito T, Matsunaga K, Hayashi N, Fukumura A, Ozaki K, Nakamura M, Shiroeda H, Tsutsumi M and Shibata T obtained the samples and the data.
Supported by Grant for Specially Promoted Research from Kanazawa Medical University (SR2012-01)
Correspondence to: Tomiyasu Arisawa, MD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Kanazawa Medical University, 1-1, Daigaku, Uchinada-machi, Ishikawa 920-0293, Japan. tarisawa@kanazawa-med.ac.jp
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Received: May 31, 2012
Revised: July 26, 2012
Accepted: August 15, 2012
Published online: December 21, 2012
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