Prevalence of atopic symptoms among blood donor carriers of mannose-binding lectin variant alleles

International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 735-738

  Cardinale, Fabio ^a   Chinellato, I ^a   Marseglia, G L ^b   Nettis, E ^a   Polizzi, A ^a   Loffredo, M S ^a   Santostasi, T ^a   Tesse, R ^a   Trerotoli, P ^a   di Monte, D ^c   Armenio, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Atopy; Mannose binding lectin

Indexed keywords

MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WILD TYPE;

EID: 53749089139     PISSN: 03946320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039463200802100329     Document Type: Article

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