DNA polymorphisms at BCL11A, HBS1L-MYB and Xmn1-HBG2 site loci associated with fetal hemoglobin levels in sickle cell anemia patients from Northern Brazil

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 176-179

  Cardoso, Greice Lemos ^a   Diniz, Isabela Guerreiro ^a   Martins da Silva, Aylla Núbia Lima ^a   Cunha, Daniele Almeida ^a   da Silva Junior, Josivaldo Soares ^a   Carvalho UchÔa, Camila Tavares ^a   dos Santos, Sidney Emanuel Batista ^a   Trindade, Saide Maria Sarmento ^b   Cardoso, Maria do Socorro de Oliveira ^b   Guerreiro, João Farias ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Fundação Centro de Hemoterapia e Hematologia do Pará   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian patients; Fetal hemoglobin; Genetic modifier; Sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN GAMMA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN S; SPACER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN; ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BCL11A GENE; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOME 2P16; CHROMOSOME 6Q23; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HBS1L MYB GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROMOTER REGION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; XMN1 HBG2 GENE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; DNA, INTERGENIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GAMMA-GLOBINS; GENETIC LOCI; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84908116848     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: 10960961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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