Polymorphism at BCL11A compared to HBS1L-MYB loci explains less of the variance in HbF in patients with sickle cell disease in Cameroon

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 268-269

  Bitoungui, Valentina Josiane Ngo ^a   Ngogang, Jeanne ^a   Wonkam, Ambroise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; BCL11A PROTEIN, HUMAN; CARRIER PROTEIN; ELONGATION FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HBS1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BCL11A GENE; CAMEROON; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HBS1LMYB GENE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; ONCOGENE MYB; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CAMEROON; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GENES, MYB; GENETIC LOCI; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923845983     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: 10960961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2014.11.010     Document Type: Letter

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