New results in clinical severity of homozygous sickle cell anemia in Dakar, Senegal

Hematology and Cell Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 217-221

  Diop, S ^a,b   Thiam, D ^a   Cisse, M ^a   Toure Fall, A O ^a   Fall, K ^a   Diakhate, L ^a  

^a CNTS   (Senegal)

^b Laboratoire Central d'Hematologie   (France)

Author keywords

Clinical severity; Haplotype; Polymorphism; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; SENEGAL; SEX RATIO; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 0033398710     PISSN: 12693286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00282-999-0217-1     Document Type: Article

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