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Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Mucosal cytokine gene expression profiles as biomarkers of response to infliximab in ulcerative colitis

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Pages 538-547 | Received 21 Dec 2011, Accepted 11 Feb 2012, Published online: 10 Apr 2012

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