ET-1 and ecNOS gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to acute chest syndrome and painful vaso-occlusive crises in children with sickle cell anemia

Haematologica

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1277-1278

  Chaar, Vicky ^a,b   Tarer, Vanessa ^a,b   Etienne Julan, Maryse ^a,b,c   Diara, Jean Pierre ^c   Elion, Jacques ^a,d   Romana, Marc ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

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

^c CHU de Pointe a Pitre   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Acute chest syndrome; ecNOS; ET 1; Painful crises; Polymorphisms; Sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN 1;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PAIN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33748780631     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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