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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 4/2008

01-04-2008 | Correspondence

MBL-2 genotypes and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm neonates

Authors: Ettore Capoluongo, Franco Ameglio

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 4/2008

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Sir: We appreciate the interest of Drs. Agbeko and Peters in our article [1] and thank them for recognizing both the practical difficulties in recruiting patients and that our preliminary results may deserve further investigations for an interventional potential of mannose-binding lectin (MBL) in the many morbidities associated with prematurity. …
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Capoluongo E, Vento G, Rocchetti S, Giardina E, Concolino P, Sinibaldi C, Santonocito C, Vendettuoli V, Tana M, Tirone C, Zuppi C, Romagnoli C, Novelli G, Giardina B, Ameglio F (2007) Mannose-binding lectin polymorphisms and pulmonary outcome in premature neonates: a pilot study. Intensive Care Med 33:1787–1794PubMedCrossRef
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Bodamer OA, Mitterer G, Maurer W, Pollak A, Mueller MW, Schmidt WM (2007) Evidence for an association between mannose-binding lectin 2 (MBL2) gene polymorphisms and pre-term birth. Genet Med 8:518–524
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Metadata
Title
MBL-2 genotypes and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm neonates
Authors
Ettore Capoluongo
Franco Ameglio
Publication date
01-04-2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 4/2008
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-008-1005-z

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