Is there a connection between mannan-binding lectin deficiency and chronic leg ulcers?

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-308

  Bitsch, Mikael ^a   Christiansen, Michael ^b   Laursen, Inga ^b   Engel, Anne Marie ^b   Holstein, Per Evald ^a   Karlsmark, Tonny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNAN BINDING LECTIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; WOUND HEALING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 66749182294     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0582     Document Type: Letter

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