Article
The mannose binding lectin gene influences the severity of chronic liver disease in cystic fibrosis.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 May 2001
Gabolde M, Hubert D, Guilloud-Bataille M, Lenaerts C, Feingold J, Besmond C
Abstract excerpt
Chronic liver disease is a major complication of cystic fibrosis. Its incidence and severity show marked heterogeneity, even among the homogeneous group of homozygous DeltaF508 patients, suggesting that environmental or genetic factors other than the deletion DeltaF508 may influence the development of cystic fibrosis related liver disease. We investigated whether the allelic variants of mannose binding lectin, an...
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