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Serum mannose-binding lectin (MBL) gene polymorphism and low MBL levels are associated with neonatal sepsis and pneumonia.
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association - 1 Mar 2012
Özkan H, Köksal N, Çetinkaya M, Kiliç Ş, Çelebi S, Oral B, Budak F
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the serum mannose-binding lectin (MBL) levels and the frequency of MBL gene polymorphisms in infants with neonatal sepsis. STUDY DESIGN: Between January 2008 and January 2010, a total of 93 infants were included in this study and 53 of them had neonatal sepsis diagnosis as study group and 40 infants who had no sepsis according to clinical and laboratory findings...
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