Association of familial deficiency of mannose-binding lectin and meningococcal disease.

Autor: Bax WA, Cluysenaer OJ, Bartelink AK, Aerts PC, Ezekowitz RA, van Dijk H
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Lancet (London, England) [Lancet] 1999 Sep 25; Vol. 354 (9184), pp. 1094-5.
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)02563-5
Abstrakt: We report the case of an 18-year-old man with meningococcal meningitis and low serum concentrations of mannose-binding lectin (MBL). His mother and grandfather, who had also had meningitis in early adulthood, also had low concentrations of MBL in their serum.
Databáze: MEDLINE