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The clinical value of ficolin-3 gene polymorphism in rheumatic heart disease. An Egyptian adolescents study.
BMC research notes - 26 Jan 2021
Gomaa Maher H, Khidr Emad Gamil, Elshafei Ahmed, Hamza Hala S, Fattouh Aya M, El-Husseiny Ahmed A, Aglan Ahmed, Eldeib Mahmoud Gomaa
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Ficolin-3 is one of the innate immunity molecules that was thought to play a pivotal role in Streptococcus pyogenes autoimmunity and its complications; rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD). We aimed to disclose if there is an association between ficolin-3 (FCN3) gene polymorphisms (rs4494157 and rs10794501) and RF with or without RHD for the first time in Egyptian adolescents....
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