NOD2 gene variants confer risk for secondary sclerosing cholangitis in critically ill patients

Abstract Sclerosing cholangitis in critically ill patients (SC-CIP) is a progressive cholestatic disease of unknown aetiology characterized by chronic biliary infections. Hence we hypothesized that common NOD2 (nucleotide-binding oligomerisation domain containing 2) gene variants, known risk factors...

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Main Authors: Christoph Jüngst, Vanessa Stadlbauer, Matthias C. Reichert, Vincent Zimmer, Susanne N. Weber, Lisa Ofner-Ziegenfuß, Torsten Voigtländer, Walter Spindelböck, Peter Fickert, Gabriele I. Kirchner, Frank Lammert, Tim O. Lankisch, Marcin Krawczyk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06268-y