Polymorphisms in the mannan-binding lectin gene are not associated with questionnaire-reported respiratory tract infections in children

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 198, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1707-1713

  Ruskamp, Jopje M ^a,f   Hoekstra, Maarten O ^a   Postma, Dirkje S ^c   Kerkhof, Marjan ^c   Bottema, Renske W ^c   Koppelman, Gerard H ^c   Rovers, Maroeska M ^a   Wijga, Alet H ^d   De Jongste, Johan C ^e   Brunekreef, Bert ^a,b   Sanders, Elisabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNAN BINDING LECTIN;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXON; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

CHILD; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 56649119072     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592989     Document Type: Article

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