Reply: genetic polymorphisms and cerebrovascular disease in children with sickle cell anemia from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

نویسندگان

  • Isaac Lima da Silva Filho
  • Ana Claudia Celestino Bezerra Leite
  • Patrícia Gomes Moura
  • Georgina Severo Ribeiro
  • Andréa Cony Cavalcante
  • Flávia Carolina Marques de Azevedo
  • Maria José de Andrada-Serpa
چکیده

1BSc, MSc, PhD, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brasil; 2MD, MSc, PhD, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brasil; 3 MD, PhD, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brasil; 4MD, MSc, PhD, Instituto Estadual de Hematologia Arthur de Siqueira Cavalcante, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brasil; 5MD, Instituto Estadual de Hematologia Arthur de Siqueira Cavalcante, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; 6MD, MSc, PhD, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói RJ, Brasil. Correspondence: Isaac Lima da Silva Filho; Laboratório de Pesquisa em Patogenia Viral, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Avenida Brasil 4365; 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil; E-mail: [email protected] Conflict of interest: There is no conflict of interest to declare. Received 29 March 2012; Accepted 05 April 2012.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

دوره 70 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012