Stable bronchiectasis is associated with low serum L-ficolin concentrations

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-33

  Kilpatrick, David Chalmers ^a   Chalmers, James Duncan ^b   MacDonald, Shirley Lynn ^a   Murray, Maeve ^c   Mohammed, Ali ^b   Hart, Simon Paul ^b   Matsushita, Misao ^c   Hill, Adam ^b  

^a SCOTTISH NATIONAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchiectasis; Ficolins; Innate immunity; L ficolin; Mannan binding lectin; Mannose binding lectin

Indexed keywords

FICOLIN; MANNAN BINDING LECTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BRONCHIECTASIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 68849123857     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-699X.2008.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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