The natural history of sickle cell disease.
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med
; 3(10): a011783, 2013 Oct 01.
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| ID: mdl-23813607
The term sickle cell disease embraces a group of genetic conditions in which pathology results from the inheritance of the sickle cell gene either homozygously or as a double heterozygote with another interacting gene. The spectrum of resulting conditions is therefore influenced by the geography of individual hemoglobin genes, but in most populations, the commonest genotype at birth is homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease. Because this genotype generally manifests a greater mortality, the relative proportion of sickle cell genotypes is influenced by age as well as the geographical distribution of individual genes.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Anemia de Células Falciformes
Límite:
Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
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Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Jamaica
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos