Mannose-binding protein B allele confers protection against tuberculous meningitis

Pediatric Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 459-464

  Hoal Van Helden, Eileen G ^a   Epstein, Judith ^b,c   Victor, Thomas C ^a   Hon, Dinie ^a   Lewis, Lee Anne ^a   Beyers, Nulda ^a   Zurakowski, David ^b   Ezekowitz, R Alan B ^c   Van Helden, Paul D ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MANNOSE BINDING PROTEIN; MANNOSE BINDING PROTEIN B; OPSONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; OPSONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; ZYGOSITY;

EID: 0042100284     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199904010-00002     Document Type: Article

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