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Risk of infection and sepsis in severely injured patients related to single nucleotide polymorphisms in the lectin pathway.
The British journal of surgery - 1 Dec 2013
Bronkhorst M W G A, Lomax M A Z, Vossen R H A M, Bakker J, Patka P, van Lieshout E M M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Infectious complications remain a serious threat to patients with multiple trauma. Susceptibility and response to infection is, in part, heritable. The lectin pathway plays a major role in innate immunity. The aim of this study was to assess whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in three key genes within the lectin pathway affect susceptibility to infectious complications in severely injured...
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