The association of mannose-binding lectin 2 polymorphisms with outcome in very low birth weight infants.

Studies on the influence of mannose-binding lectin (MBL) deficiency on infection susceptibility in preterm infants have yielded controversial results. We investigated the association of genotype-based MBL levels with outcome in very-low-birth weight infants (VLBWI).We genotyped 3 genetic variants of...

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Main Authors: Annika Hartz, Julia Pagel, Alexander Humberg, Michael Preuss, Lena Schreiter, Jan Rupp, Julia Figge, Christian M Karsten, Peter Nürnberg, Egbert Herting, Wolfgang Göpel, Christoph Härtel, German Neonatal Network (GNN)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5448758?pdf=render