Association between mannose binding lectin polymorphisms and predisposition to bacterial meningitis

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 270-273

  Vardar, Fadil ^a   Pehlivan, Sacide ^a   Onay, Hüseyin ^a   Atlihan, Füsun ^b   Güliz, Nesrin ^b   Özkinay, Cihangir ^a   Özkinay, Ferda ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Dr Behcet Uz Children Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Mannose binding lectin; Polymorphism; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 35048899632     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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