Erythrophagocytosis in sickle cell anemia: Statistical evidence for a biological phenomenon

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1065-1070

  Mamtani, Manju ^a,b   Sharma, Mamta ^c   Amin, Manik ^a   Amin, Amit ^a   Jawahirani, Anil ^b,d   Kulkarni, Hemant ^a  

^a Lata Medical Research Foundation   (India)

^b Thalassemia Society of India   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d Superspeciality Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD47 ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; LIGAND; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGNAL REGULATORY PROTEIN ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTIGENS, CD47; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; ERYTHROCYTES; HOMOZYGOTE; LEUKOCYTES; LIGANDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 33847076170     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.09.044     Document Type: Article

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