Mannose Binding Lectin and Susceptibility to Rheumatoid Arthritis in Brazilian Patients and Their Relatives

• Isabela Goeldner,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Pathology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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• Thelma L. Skare,

  Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Evangelical Hospital, Curitiba, Brazil

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• Shirley R. Utiyama,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Pathology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

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• Renato M. Nisihara,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Pathology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

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• Hoang van Tong,

  Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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• Iara J. T. Messias-Reason ,

  * E-mail: velavan@medizin.uni-tuebingen.de (TPV); iarareason@hc.ufpr.br (IJTMR)

  ¶These authors share the last authorship.

  Affiliation Department of Medical Pathology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

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• Thirumalaisamy P. Velavan

  * E-mail: velavan@medizin.uni-tuebingen.de (TPV); iarareason@hc.ufpr.br (IJTMR)

  ¶These authors share the last authorship.

  Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Medicale, Brazzaville , Republic of Congo

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