Genetic complexity in sickle cell disease

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 33, 2008, Pages 11595-11596

  Higgs, Douglas R ^a   Wood, William G ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN F; PROTEIN MYB;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DISEASE COURSE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NOTE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GLOBINS; HUMANS; PAIN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 50149085709     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806633105     Document Type: Note

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