Association of NOD2 (CARD 15) genotype with clinical course of Crohn's disease: a cohort study

Crohn's disease is a heterogeneous disorder for which NOD2 (CARD 15) has been identified as a susceptibility gene. We investigate the relation between NOD2 genotype and phenotypic characteristics of patients with Crohn's disease. Hypotheses about the relation between NOD2 genotype and Croh...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 2002-05, Vol.359 (9318), p.1661-1665
Hauptverfasser: Hampe, Jochen, Grebe, Jochen, Nikolaus, Susanna, Solberg, Camilla, Croucher, Peter JP, Mascheretti, Silvia, Jahnsen, Jörgen, Moum, Björn, Klump, Bodo, Krawczak, Michael, Mirza, Muddassar M, Foelsch, Ulrich R, Vatn, Morten, Schreiber, Stefan
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Zusammenfassung:Crohn's disease is a heterogeneous disorder for which NOD2 (CARD 15) has been identified as a susceptibility gene. We investigate the relation between NOD2 genotype and phenotypic characteristics of patients with Crohn's disease. Hypotheses about the relation between NOD2 genotype and Crohn's disease phenotype were generated retrospectively from a group of 446 German patients with this disorder. Positive findings (p
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08590-2