MBL genotype and risk of invasive pneumococcal disease: A case-control study

Lancet

Volumn 359, Issue 9317, 2002, Pages 1569-1573

  Roy, Suchismita ^a   Knox, Kyle ^b   Segal, Shelley ^a   Griffiths, David ^b   Moore, Catrin E ^a   Welsh, Kenneth I ^c   Smarason, Alex ^b   Day, Nicholas P ^a   McPheat, William L ^d   Crook, Derrick W ^b   Hill, Adrian V S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNOSE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037018768     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08516-1     Document Type: Article

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