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12729187

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-5-5
pubmed:abstractText
Fcgamma-receptor (FcyR) polymorphisms have been associated with acquisition and severity of invasive meningococcal disease. We studied FcgammaR polymorphisms in a population with a high incidence of meningococcal disease. Fifty meningococcal disease patients aged 14-60 years, with bacteriologically confirmed disease and without detected complement deficiency, together with 100 healthy adult controls were included in the study. Clinical and bacteriological data were collected prior to FcgammaRIIa and FcgammaRIIb genotyping, which was performed by polymerase chain reaction. The distribution of the FcgammaRIIa and FcgammaRIIIb allotypes and their allele frequencies were not significantly different amongst the patients and the controls. The combination FcgammaRIIa-R/R and FcgammaRIIb-Na2/Na2 was less common among patients than controls (OR = 0.11, Fisher's exact P = 0.05). No significant association was found between the two FcgammaRs and severity of disease, meningococcal serogroup, age groups or gender. In contrast to previous findings, our study indicates that in Norwegian teenagers and adults, the FcgammaRIIa and FcgammaRIIIb allotypes are not decisive for the acquisition or for the severity of meningococcal disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0950-2688
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
130
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
193-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
FcgammaRIIa and FcgammaRIIIb polymorphisms were not associated with meningococcal disease in Western Norway.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, N-5021 Bergen, Norway.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't