Reply - genetic polymorphisms and cerebrovascular disease in children with sickle cell anemia from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;Resposta - polimorfismos genéticos e doença cerebrovascular em crianças com anemia falciforme do Rio do Janeiro, Brasil

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 645-649

  Filho, Isaac Lima da Silva ^a   Leite, Ana Claudia Celestino Bezerra ^a,b   Moura, Patrícia Gomes ^b   Ribeiro, Georgina Severo ^c   Cavalcante, Andréa Cony ^b   de Azevedo, Flávia Carolina Marques ^b   de Andrada Serpa, Maria José ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Estadual de Hematologia Arthur de Siqueira Cavalcante   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; BRAZIL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LETTER; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; GENETICS; NOTE;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS;

EID: 84865387516     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2012000800020     Document Type: Letter

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