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Human platelet alloantigens (HPA) 1, HPA2, HPA3, HPA4, and HPA5 polymorphisms in sickle cell anemia patients with vaso-occlusive crisis.
European journal of haematology - 1 Dec 2009
Al-Subaie Abeer M, Fawaz Naglaa A, Mahdi Najat, Al-Absi Iman K, Al-Ola Khadija, Ameen Ghada, Almawi Wassim Y
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in sickle cell anemia (SCA) patients. Insofar as polymorphism in human platelet alloantigen (HPA) exhibit a prothrombotic nature, we hypothesized that specific HPA polymorphic variants are associated with VOC. We investigated the distribution of HPA1, HPA2, HPA3, HPA4, and HPA5 alleles genotypes among VOC and non-VOC control...
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