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Experimental generation of SNP haplotype signatures in patients with sickle cell anaemia.
PloS one - 24 Sept 2010
Menzel Stephan, Qin Jian, Vasavda Nisha, Thein Swee Lay, Ramakrishnan Ramesh
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sickle cell anemia is caused by a single type of mutation, a homozygous A→T substitution in the ß globin gene. Clinical severity is diverse, partially due to additional, disease-modifying genetic factors. We are studying one such modifier locus, HMIP (HBS1L-MYB intergenic polymorphism, chromosome 6q23.3). Working with a genetically admixed patient population, we have encountered the necessity to...
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