Coinheritance of α-thalassemia decreases the risk of cerebrovascular disease in a cohort of children with sickle cell anemia

Hemoglobin

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 516-529

  Belisário, André Rolim ^a,b   Rodrigues, Cibele Velloso ^a,c   Martins, Marina Lobato ^a   Silva, Célia Maria ^a   Viana, Marcos Borato ^b  

^a Fundação Centro de Hematologia e Hemoterapia de Minas Gerais Hemominas   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Thalassemia ( thal); Prognosis; Sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; ALPHA-GLOBINS; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BRAZIL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79952158856     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630269.2010.526003     Document Type: Article

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