Article
Association of familial deficiency of mannose-binding lectin and meningococcal disease.
Lancet (London, England) - 25 Sept 1999
Bax W A, Cluysenaer O J, Bartelink A K, Aerts P C, Ezekowitz R A, van Dijk H
Abstract excerpt
We report the case of an 18-year-old man with meningococcal meningitis and low serum concentrations of mannose-binding lectin (MBL). His mother and grandfather, who had also had meningitis in early adulthood, also had low concentrations of MBL in their serum.
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