PTX3 deficiency and aspergillosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 1665-1667

  De Boer, Mark G J ^a   Halkes, Constantijn J M ^a   Van De Vosse, Esther ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTRAXIN 3; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; SERUM AMYLOID P;

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ASPERGILLOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NOTE;

ASPERGILLOSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SERUM AMYLOID P-COMPONENT;

EID: 84899123357     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1402787     Document Type: Letter

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