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Coinheritance of α-thalassemia decreases the risk of cerebrovascular disease in a cohort of children with sickle cell anemia.
Hemoglobin - 1 Jan 2010
Belisário André Rolim, Rodrigues Cibele Velloso, Martins Marina Lobato, Silva Célia Maria, Viana Marcos Borato
Abstract excerpt
The study estimated α-thalassemia (α-thal) prevalence and assessed its associations with clinical and hematological features in a random sample of Brazilian children with sickle cell anemia (208 Hb SS and 13 Hb S-β⁰-thal). α-Thalassemia genotyping was carried out by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (m-PCR) for seven alleles. Clinical and hematological data were retrieved from the 221 children's medical files....
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