Angiotensinogen gene associated polymorphisms and risk of stroke in sickle cell anemia: Additional data supporting an association [1]

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 310-311

  Romana, Marc ^a   Diara, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Doumbo, Lydia ^b   Muralitharan, Shanmugakonar ^c   Ramasawmy, Rajendranath ^c   Keclard, Lysiane ^a   Tarer, Vanessa ^a   Chaar, Vicky ^a   Elion, Jacques ^a,c   Krishnamoorthy, Rajagopal ^a,c   Clayton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^b CHU   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELISM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FRANCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 3042648442     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20078     Document Type: Letter

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