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Low mannose-binding lectin (MBL) levels in neonates with pneumonia and sepsis.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Nov 2007
Frakking F N J, Brouwer N, van Eijkelenburg N K A, Merkus M P, Kuijpers T W, Offringa M, Dolman K M
Abstract excerpt
We investigated whether deficiency of mannose-binding lectin (MBL), a component of innate immunity, is associated with neonatal pneumonia and sepsis during the first 72 h, i.e. early onset, and during the first month after birth. In 88 neonatal intensive care patients (71 premature), MBL2 genotyp...
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