Meningococcal Infection
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Last Posted: Jul 04, 2023
- Atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome in the era of terminal complement inhibition- An observational cohort study.
Vicky Brocklebank, et al. Blood 2023 0 - Genetic workup as a complementary tool for the diagnosis of primary complement component deficiencies: a multicenter experience.
Shamriz Oded et al. European journal of pediatrics 2022 - Pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria species in the African meningitis belt.
Diallo Kanny, et al. The Journal of infection 2016 3 - Genetic susceptibility to meningococcal infection.
Dale Adam P et al. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2013 Feb (2) 187-99 - Meningococcal infection
From NCATS Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center - Polymorphisms in PARP, IL1B, IL4, IL10, C1INH, DEFB1, and DEFA4 in meningococcal disease in three populations.
Emonts Marieke, et al. Shock (Augusta, Ga.) 2010 7 (1) 17-22 - CD14 C-159T and toll-like receptor 4 Asp299Gly polymorphisms in surviving meningococcal disease patients.
Biebl Ariane, et al. PloS one 2009 0 (10) e7374 - Angiotensin-converting enzyme genotype may predict survival following major trauma.
Kehoe A D, et al. Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2008 11 (11) 759-61 - Single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes of circulatory homeostasis in surviving pediatric intensive care patients with meningococcal infection.
Bunker-Wiersma Heleen E, et al. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2008 9 (5) 517-23 - 4G4G genotype of the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 promoter polymorphism associates with disseminated intravascular coagulation in children with systemic meningococcemia.
Binder A, et al. Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH 2007 10 (10) 2049-54
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- Cerebral Palsy
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- Graves Disease
- Hemophilia
- Huntington Disease
- Microcephaly
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Phenylketonuria
- Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
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