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Genetic polymorphisms and cerebrovascular disease in children with sickle cell anemia from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria - 1 Jun 2011
Filho Isaac Lima da Silva, Leite Ana Claudia Celestino Bezerra, Moura Patrícia Gomes, Ribeiro Georgina Severo, Cavalcante Andréa Cony, Azevedo Flávia Carolina Marques de, Andrada-Serpa Maria José de
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present work was to examine possible genetic risk factors related to the occurrence of cerebrovascular disease (CVD) in Brazilian population, the frequency of β(S)-globin gene haplotypes and co-inheritance with α-thalassemia (-α(3.7kb)) and single nucleotide polymorphism of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR-C677T), Factor V Leiden (FV-G1691A) and prothrombin (PT-G20210A) genes in children...
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