However, low ficolin-2 was suggested to predict higher risk of development of sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS) after allogeneic haemopoietic cell transplantation33,34 while low ficolin-3 was considered a risk factor for febrile neutropenia (also accompanied with bacteremia) in children, treated with anti-cancer chemotherapy35. The gene discussed is FCN3; the disease is hepatic veno-occlusive disease.