Exploring the role of polymorphisms in ficolin genes in respiratory tract infections in children

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 433-440

  Ruskamp, J M ^a   Hoekstra, M O ^a   Postma, D S ^d   Kerkhof, M ^d   Bottema, R W ^d   Koppelman, G H ^d   Rovers, M M ^b   Wijga, A H ^e   De Jongste, J C ^f   Brunekreef, B ^b,c   Sanders, E A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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

^f SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ficolin; Haplotypes; Respiratory tract infections; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

DNA; FICOLIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FICOLIN 2 GENE; FICOLIN 3 GENE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LECTINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK;

EID: 59249093489     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2008.03844.x     Document Type: Article

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