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4G/5G promoter polymorphism in the plasminogen-activator-inhibitor-1 gene in children with systemic meningococcaemia.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Aug 2005
Geishofer Gotho, Binder Alexander, Müller Martin, Zöhrer Bettina, Resch Bernhard, Müller Wilhelm, Faber Jörg, Finn Adam, Endler Georg, Mannhalter Christine, Zenz Werner
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Meningococcal disease may present as sepsis, meningitis or a combination of both. Impaired fibrinolysis and massive elevation of the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is a characteristic feature of meningococcal sepsis. Previously, an association between mortality and the functional 4G/5G promoter polymorphism of the PAI-1gene in a cohort of UK and Dutch children with meningococcal sepsis was...
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