IL-23R determines susceptibility in Crohn's disease in a Mediterranean area

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 317-318

  Civitavecchia, G ^a   Renda, M C ^b   Ruggeri, R F ^a   Maggio, A ^b   Renna, S ^a   Orlando, A ^a   Cottone, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 23 RECEPTOR;

CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN;

EID: 67649684311     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20591     Document Type: Letter

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