HLA-DRB1 alleles in Hb SS patients with avascular necrosis of the femoral head

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-10

  Adekile, Adekunle ^a,b   Haider, M Z ^a   Marouf, R ^a   Adekile, A D ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Avascular necrosis; Femoral head; Hb SS; HLA DRB1; Kuwait

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEMOGLOBIN SS DISEASE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 18044384424     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20311     Document Type: Article

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