Association of familial deficiency of mannose-binding lectin and meningococcal disease

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9184, 1999, Pages 1094-1095

  Bax, Willem A ^a,b   Cluysenaer, Onno J J ^a   Bartelink, Anton K M ^a   Aerts, Piet C ^c   Ezekowitz, R Alan B ^d   Dijk, Hans van ^b  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Netherlands)

^b EEMLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; MANNOSE; MANNOSE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0033604077     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02563-5     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Hibberd M.L., Sumiya M., Summerfield J.A., Booy R., Levin M. Association of variants of the gene for mannose-binding lectin with susceptibility to meningococcal disease. Lancet. 353:1999;1049-1053.
2. Super M., Thiel S., Lu J., Levinsky R.J., Turner M.W. Association of low levels of mannan-binding protein with a common defect of opsonisation. Lancet. ii:1989;1236-1239.