Article
Ficolin-1 gene (FCN1) -144 C/A polymorphism is associated with adverse outcome of severe pneumonia in the under-five Egyptian children: A multicenter study.
Pediatric pulmonology - 1 May 2020
Elkoumi Mohamed A, Abdellatif Sawsan H, Mohamed Faisal Y, Sherif Ahmed H, Elashkar Shaimaa S A, Saleh Rabab M, Boraey Naglaa F, Abdelaal NourEldin M, Akeel Nagwa E, Elhewala Ahmed A, Mosbah Amira A, Zakaria Mervat T, Soliman Mohammed M, Salah Ahmed, Sedky Yasser M, Sobieh Alaa A, Mashali Mohamed H, Waked Nevin M, Elshreif Anas M, Hafez Sahbaa F, Hashem Mustafa I A, Shehab Mohamed M, Soliman Attia A, Emam Ahmed A, Ahmed Abdelrahman A A, Fahim Mohamed S, Elshehawy Naglaa A, Abdel-Aziz Marwa M, Abdou Adel M, El-Shehawy Ahmed A, Youssef Manal A A, Fahmy Dalia S, Malek Mai M, Osman Sherif F, Ibrahim Mohamed A M, Alanwar Mohamed I, Zeidan Nancy M S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is the foremost cause of child death worldwide. M-ficolin is encoded by the FCN1 gene and represents a novel link between innate and adaptive immunity. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the FCN1 -144 C/A (rs10117466) polymorphism as a potential marker for pneumonia severity and adverse outcome namely complications or mortality in the under-five Egyptian children. METHODS: This was a prospective...
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