Variable phenotypes of sickle cell disease in India with the Arab-Indian haplotype

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 139-159

  Italia, Khushnooma ^a   Kangne, Harshada ^a   Shanmukaiah, Chandrakala ^a   Nadkarni, Anita H ^a   Ghosh, Kanjaksha ^a   Colah, Roshan B ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Genetic modifiers; MTHFR; Sickle cell disease; Stroke; Vaso occlusive crisis

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARAB; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MTHFR GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA; SPLENOMEGALY; VCAM1 GENE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ARABS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84916210854     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13083     Document Type: Letter

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