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Association of mannose binding lectin codon 54 polymorphism with predisposition to Henoch-Schönlein purpura in childhood.
International journal of rheumatic diseases - 1 Mar 2014
Durmaz Burak, Aykut Ayca, Hursitoglu Gultac, Bak Mustafa, Serdaroglu Erkin, Onay Huseyin, Ozkinay Ferda
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AIM: Immune and inflammatory response activation is a common feature of systemic vasculitis. There is a protein called mannose binding lectin (MBL) that was reported to play an important role in innate immunity. MBL polymorphisms in the MBL gene cause predisposition to infectious and autoimmune diseases. There is no study in the literature investigating the association between MBL polymorphisms and...
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