Lack of Association of the Caspase-12 Long Allele with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in People of African Descent

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common cause of sepsis. Active full-length caspase-12 (CASP12L), confined to the people of African descent, has been associated with increased susceptibility to and mortality from severe sepsis. The objective of this study was to determine whether CASP12L was...

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Autores principales: Chen, Jiwang, Wilson, Esther S., Dahmer, Mary K., Quasney, Michael W., Waterer, Grant W., Feldman, Charles, Wunderink, Richard G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3935862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24586588
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089194

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