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Clinical and genetic ancestry profile of a large multi-centre sickle cell disease cohort in Brazil.
British journal of haematology - 1 Sept 2018
Carneiro-Proietti Anna B F, Kelly Shannon, Miranda Teixeira Carolina, Sabino Ester C, Alencar Cecilia S, Capuani Ligia, Salomon Silva Tassila P, Araujo Aderson, Loureiro Paula, Máximo Cláudia, Lobo Clarisse, Flor-Park Miriam V, Rodrigues Daniela O W, Mota Rosimere A, Gonçalez Thelma T, Hoppe Carolyn, Ferreira João E, Ozahata Mina, Page Grier P, Guo Yuelong, Preiss Liliana R, Brambilla Donald, Busch Michael P, Custer Brian
Abstract excerpt
Approximately 3500 children with sickle cell disease (SCD) are born in Brazil each year, but the burden of SCD morbidity is not fully characterised. A large, multi-centre cohort was established to characterise clinical outcomes in the Brazilian SCD population and create the infrastructure to perform genotype-phenotype association studies. Eligible patients were randomly selected from participating sites and...
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