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Genetic dissection and prognostic modeling of overt stroke in sickle cell anemia.
Nature genetics - 1 Apr 2005
Sebastiani Paola, Ramoni Marco F, Nolan Vikki, Baldwin Clinton T, Steinberg Martin H
Abstract excerpt
Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a paradigmatic single gene disorder caused by homozygosity with respect to a unique mutation at the beta-globin locus. SCA is phenotypically complex, with different clinical courses ranging from early childhood mortality to a virtually unrecognized condition. Overt stroke is a severe complication affecting 6-8% of individuals with SCA. Modifier genes might interact to determine the...
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