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

Authors
Bax, WA Cluysenaer, OJJ Bartelink, AKM Aerts, PC Ezekowitz, RAB van Dijk, H
Citation
Wa. Bax et al., Association of familial deficiency of mannose-binding lectin and meningococcal disease, LANCET, 354(9184), 1999, pp. 1094-1095
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
354
Issue
9184
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1094 - 1095
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(19990925)354:9184<1094:AOFDOM>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
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 gr andfather, who had also had meningitis in early adulthood, also had low con centrations of MBL in their serum.