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The significance of mannan-binding lectin gene alleles in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome.
Scandinavian journal of rheumatology - 1 Jan 2002
Aittoniemi J, Pertovaara M, Hulkkonen J, Pasternack A, Hurme M, Laippala P, Antonen J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE AND METHODS: To investigate the significance or mannan-binding lectin (MBL) gene alleles in patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS). Genotypes were determined in 65 pSS patients and 138 controls. RESULTS: No difference in MBL genotype or allele frequencies was detected between the pSS patients and controls. However, when the effect of MBL genotypes on the diagnostic findings in pSS patients was...
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