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Common α-globin variants modify hematologic and other clinical phenotypes in sickle cell trait and disease

Co-inheritance of α-thalassemia has a significant protective effect on the severity of complications of sickle cell disease (SCD), including stroke. However, little information exists on the association and interactions for the common African ancestral α-thalassemia mutation (−α3.7 deletion) and β-g...

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Autores principales: Raffield, Laura M., Ulirsch, Jacob C., Naik, Rakhi P., Lessard, Samuel, Handsaker, Robert E., Jain, Deepti, Kang, Hyun M., Pankratz, Nathan, Auer, Paul L., Bao, Erik L., Smith, Joshua D., Lange, Leslie A., Lange, Ethan M., Li, Yun, Thornton, Timothy A., Young, Bessie A., Abecasis, Goncalo R., Laurie, Cathy C., Nickerson, Deborah A., McCarroll, Steven A., Correa, Adolfo, Wilson, James G., Lettre, Guillaume, Sankaran, Vijay G., Reiner, Alex P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5891078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29590102
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007293