Extensive admixture in Brazilian sickle cell patients: Implications for the mapping of genetic modifiers

Blood

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4493-4495

  Da Silva, Maria Clara F ^a,b   Zuccherato, Luciana W ^b   Lucena, Flavia C ^a   Soares Souza, Giordano B ^a,b   Vieira, Zilma M ^a   Pena, Sérgio D J ^b   Martins, Marina L ^a   Tarazona Santos, Eduardo ^b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO HEMOMINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOME; DISEASE COURSE; DNA MODIFICATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDEL MUTATION; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 80054845500     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-06-361915     Document Type: Letter

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