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Modulating effects of mannose binding lectin genotype on arterial stiffness in children after Kawasaki disease.
Pediatric research - 1 Oct 2004
Cheung Yiu-Fai, Ho Marco H K, Ip Wai-Kee, Fok Susanna F S, Yung Tak-Cheung, Lau Yu-Lung
Abstract excerpt
Systemic arterial stiffness is increased in patients after Kawasaki disease (KD). Recently, associations between mannose-binding lectin (MBL) gene mutation and coronary complications in infants with KD and atherosclerosis in adults have been reported. We tested the hypothesis that MBL genotype modulates arterial stiffness in children after KD. Seventy-one KD patients (42 with and 29 without coronary aneurysms),...
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