GLOBAL ADVANCES Associations of a-thalassemia and BCL11A with stroke in Nigerian, United States, and United Kingdom sickle cell anemia cohorts
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Santosh L. Saraf, Titilola S. Akingbola, Binal N. Shah, Chinedu A. Ezekekwu, Omowunmi Sonubi, Xu Zhang, Lewis L. Hsu, Mark T. Gladwin, Roberto F. Machado, Richard S. Cooper, Victor R. Gordeuk, and Bamidele O. Tayo Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; Department of Hematology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria; Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood, and Vascular Medicine Institute and Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; and Department of Public Health Sciences, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL
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تاریخ انتشار 2017