Genetically determined high serum levels
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Lone N. Troelsen; Peter Garred; Hans Ole Madsen; SΓΈren Jacobsen
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Objective. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have excess morbidity and mortality due to ischemic heart disease. It has been suggested that high serum levels of mannose-binding lectin (MBL) and agalactosyl IgG (IgG-G0) are associated with increased inflammation in RA. MBL also enhances inflamma