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Gene interactions and stroke risk in children with sickle cell anemia.
Blood - 15 Mar 2004
Hoppe Carolyn, Klitz William, Cheng Suzanne, Apple Ray, Steiner Lori, Robles Lara, Girard Tom, Vichinsky Elliott, Styles Lori
Abstract excerpt
Stroke is a devastating complication of sickle cell anemia (SCA), affecting up to 30% of children with the disease. Despite the relative frequency of stroke in SCA, few predictors of risk exist. Because stroke in SCA is likely a multifactorial disease, analysis of the combined effect of multiple genetic variants may prove more successful than evaluation of individual candidate genes. We genotyped 230 children...
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