Deficiency of mannose-binding lectin and burden of infection in children with malignancy: A prospective study

Lancet

Volumn 358, Issue 9282, 2001, Pages 614-618

  Neth, Olaf ^a   Hann, Ian ^a   Turner, Malcolm W ^a   Klein, Nigel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING PROTEIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035949107     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)05776-2     Document Type: Article

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