Bactericidal permeability increasing protein gene polymorphism is associated with inflammatory bowel diseases in the Turkish population

Background/Aims: Inflammatory bowel disease, a chronic inflammatory disease with unknown etiology, affects the small and large bowel at different levels. It is increasingly considered that innate immune system may have a central position in the pathogenesis of the disease. As a part of the innate im...

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Main Authors: Güray Can, Hakan Akın, Filiz T. Özdemir, Hatice Can, Bülent Yılmaz, Fatih Eren, Özlen Atuğ, Belkıs Ünsal, Hülya O. Hamzaoğlu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://www.saudijgastro.com/article.asp?issn=1319-3767;year=2015;volume=21;issue=4;spage=239;epage=244;aulast=Can