Article
Acute respiratory tract infections and mannose-binding lectin insufficiency during early childhood.
JAMA - 14 Mar 2001
Koch A, Melbye M, Sørensen P, Homøe P, Madsen H O, Mølbak K, Hansen C H, Andersen L H, Hahn G W, Garred P
Abstract excerpt
CONTEXT: Hospital-based studies have found that increased susceptibility to certain infections is associated with low serum levels of mannose-binding lectin (MBL) due to MBL variant alleles. However, the contribution of MBL insufficiency to incidence of common childhood infections at a population...
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