Identification of NOD2/CARD15 mutations in Malaysian patients with Crohn's disease

• Main Authors: Chua, K.H., Hilmi, I., Ng, C.C., Eng, T.L., Palaniappan, S., Lee, W.S., Goh, K.L.
• Format: Article
• Published: Wiley 2009
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/3828/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1751-2980.2009.00374.x/abstract;jsessionid=D1057F350C460EAD200E80B840545B04.f01t01; http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-2980.2009.00374.x

OBJECTIVE: The NOD2/CARD15 gene has been identified as an important susceptibility gene for Crohn's disease (CD) but the three common disease predisposing mutations (DPM) found in developed countries have not been identified in Asian populations. The aim of our study was to look for the DPM in...