Human mannan binding protein in pre-eclampsia.
Mannan binding protein (MBP) was measured in the sera of 95 patients with proteinuric pre-eclampsia and in 76 sera from the husbands of those patients. No significant difference was found in comparison with 352 blood donors. However, couples experiencing recurrent pre-eclampsia had significantly lower levels of MBP than those associated with primiparous couples with pre-eclampsia. The latter finding was derived from data inspection and not from a prior hypothesis, and therefore requires independent confirmation preferably from a larger series.
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Department of Transfusion Medicine, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
D001782:Blood Donors; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D037222:Collectins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008351:Mannans / Q000378:metabolism*; D010298:Parity; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012008:Recurrence; D018454:Spouses
D002352:Carrier Proteins; D037222:Collectins; D008351:Mannans