Phenotype/genotype relationships in sickle cell disease: A pilot twin study

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 384-390

  Weatherall, M W ^a   Higgs, D R ^b   Weiss, H ^c   Weatherall, D J ^b   Serjeant, G R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Concordance; Sickle cell disease; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CELL VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HEREDITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENARCHE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PILOT PROJECTS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 28944452708     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: 13652257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2005.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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