Departments of aHuman Genetics
bGastroenterology (CHU Liège)
cFactorial and Molecular Genetics, Centre for Biomedical Integrated Genoproteomics, University of Liège, Liège
dDepartment of Gastroenterology, UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven
eDepartment of Gastroenterology UZ Gent, Gent
fDepartment of Gastroenterology, Erasme University Hospital, Bruxelles, Belgium
Correspondence and requests for reprints to V. Dideberg, Centre de Génétique Humaine, CHU Sart-Tilman, B35, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgique
Tel: +32 43 66 81 45; fax: +32 43 66 81 46; e-mail: [email protected]
Sponsorship: The University Hospital of Liège (FIRS), the National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS, Belgium) and the Fondation Léon Frédéricq.
*The two senior authors share equal responsibility.
E. Louis is a Senior Research Associate at the FNRS Belgium. E. Théâtre is a Research Fellow at the FNRS Belgium. S. Vermeire is a postdoctoral FWO fellow.
Received 2 March 2006; Accepted 10 May 2006
