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Association of polymorphisms in the mannose-binding lectin gene and pulmonary morbidity in preterm infants.
Genes and immunity - 1 Dec 2007
Hilgendorff A, Heidinger K, Pfeiffer A, Bohnert A, König I R, Ziegler A, Merz C, Frey G, Chakraborty T, Gortner L, Bein G
Abstract excerpt
Deficiency in the collectin mannose-binding lectin (MBL) increases the risk for pulmonary and systemic infections and its complications in children and adults. The aim of this prospective cohort study was to determine the genetic association of sequence variations within the MBL gene with systemic infections and pulmonary short- and long-term complications in preterm infants below 32 weeks gestational age (GA)....
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