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Pathology of Berkeley sickle cell mice: similarities and differences with human sickle cell disease.
Blood - 15 Feb 2006
Manci Elizabeth A, Hillery Cheryl A, Bodian Carol A, Zhang Zheng G, Lutty Gerard A, Coller Barry S
Abstract excerpt
Because Berkeley sickle cell mice are used as an animal model for human sickle cell disease, we investigated the progression of the histopathology in these animals over 6 months and compared these findings to those published in humans with sickle cell disease. The murine study groups were composed of wild-type mixed C57Bl/6-SV129 (control) mice and sickle cell (SS) mice (alpha-/-, beta-/-, transgene +) of both...
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