Activating Killer-cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptor genes confer risk for Crohn’s disease in children and adults of the Western European descent: Findings based on case-control studies

• Suzanne Samarani,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Innate Immunity, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center/Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases & Immunology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• David R. Mack,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Charles N. Bernstein,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation IBD Clinical & Research Center, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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• Alexandre Iannello,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Innate Immunity, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center/Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases & Immunology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Olfa Debbeche,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Innate Immunity, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center/Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases & Immunology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Prevost Jantchou,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center/Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Christophe Faure,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center/Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Colette Deslandres,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center/Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Devendra K. Amre ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ali.ahmad@recherche-ste-justine.qc.ca (AA); devendra.amre@umontreal.ca (DKA)

  Affiliation CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center/Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Ali Ahmad

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ali.ahmad@recherche-ste-justine.qc.ca (AA); devendra.amre@umontreal.ca (DKA)

  Affiliation Laboratory of Innate Immunity, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center/Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases & Immunology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7689-7115

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