Absence of association between TNF-α polymorphism and cerebral large-vessel abnormalities in adults with sickle cell anemia

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 141-144

  Vicari, Perla ^a   Silva, Gisele Sampaio ^a   Nogutti, Maria Aparecida Eiko ^a   Neto, Faustino Moreira ^a   Dos Santos, Normélia Jesus ^a   Massaro, Ayrton Roberto ^a   Figueiredo, Maria Stella ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genetic polymorphism; Interleukins; Sickle cell disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650062468     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321935     Document Type: Article

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