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Association of MBL gene polymorphisms with major bacterial infection in patients treated with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous PBSCT.
Genes and immunity - 1 Mar 2005
Horiuchi T, Gondo H, Miyagawa H, Otsuka J, Inaba S, Nagafuji K, Takase K, Tsukamoto H, Koyama T, Mitoma H, Tamimoto Y, Miyagi Y, Tahira T, Hayashi K, Hashimura C, Okamura S, Harada M
Abstract excerpt
A growing body of evidence indicates that genetic factors are involved in an increased risk of infection. We investigated whether mannose-binding lectin (MBL) gene polymorphisms that cause low levels of MBL are associated with the occurrence of major infections in patients, mainly bearing hematological malignancies, after high-dose chemotherapy (HDT) rescued by autologous peripheral blood stem cell...
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