Article
Association of systemic lupus erythematosus with promoter polymorphisms of the mannose-binding lectin gene.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Sept 1998
Ip W K, Chan S Y, Lau C S, Lau Y L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the distribution of promoter variants of the mannose-binding lectin (MBL) gene and correlations between the promoter variants and serum MBL concentrations in Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and in healthy Chinese controls. METHODS: We studied the...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Carrier Proteins
- Child
- Collectins
- DNA Primers
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
