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Lack of relationship between mannose-binding lectin variant alleles and risk of arterial thrombosis in Japanese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Reiko Takahashi¹, Akito Tsutsumi¹ , Katsuki Ohtani², Nobutaka Wakamiya² and Takayuki Sumida¹

(1)	Division of Clinical Immunology, Major of Advanced Biomedical Applications, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8575, Japan

(2)	Department of Microbiology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan

Received: 19 July 2005 Accepted: 15 August 2005

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Key words Arterial thrombosis - Genotype - Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) - Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)