The co-inheritance of alpha-thalassemia and sickle cell anemia is associated with better hematological indices and lower consultations rate in Cameroonian patients and could improve their survival

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Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Rumaney, Maryam Bibi ^a   Ngo Bitoungui, Valentina Josiane ^b   Vorster, Anna Alvera ^a   Ramesar, Raj ^a   Kengne, Andre Pascal ^a   Ngogang, Jeanne ^b   Wonkam, Ambroise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN C; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN AA; HEMOGLOBIN ALPHA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BCL11A GENE; BETA GLOBIN GENE; CAMEROON; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COINHERITANCE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HBG GENE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HMIP1 GENE; HMIP2 GENE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OR51B5 GENE; OR51B6 GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SURVIVAL RATE; AGE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MORTALITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATIENT REFERRAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALPHA-GLOBINS; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-GLOBINS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CAMEROON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84903639633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100516     Document Type: Article

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