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SUBMITTER: Mills TC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4530723 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mills Tara C TC Chapman Stephen S Hutton Paula P Gordon Anthony C AC Bion Julian J Chiche Jean-Daniel JD Holloway Paul A H PA Stüber Frank F Garrard Chris S CS Hinds Charles J CJ Hill Adrian V S AV Rautanen Anna A
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20150512 5
<h4>Background</h4>Sepsis is an increasingly common condition, which continues to be associated with unacceptably high mortality. A large number of association studies have investigated susceptibility to, or mortality from, sepsis for variants in the functionally important immune-related gene MBL2. These studies have largely been underpowered and contradictory.<h4>Methods</h4>We genotyped and analyzed 4 important MBL2 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs; rs5030737, rs1800450, rs1800451, and rs ...[more]