Tumor necrosis factor-α is undetectable in the plasma of SS patients with elevated Hb F

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-94

  Raghupathy, R ^a   Haider, M Z ^a   Azizieh, F ^a   D'Souza, T M ^a   Abdelsalam, R ^a   Adekile, A D ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Elevated Hb F; Sickle Cell disease; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; BETA GLOBIN; CYTOKINE; HEMOGLOBIN F; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GLOBIN GENE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; KUWAIT; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; SUPERNATANT;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HAPLOTYPES; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; REFERENCE VALUES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0034034820     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(200006)64:2<91::AID-AJH3>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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