Genome wide association study of fetal hemoglobin in sickle cell anemia in Tanzania.

Genome wide association study of fetal hemoglobin in sickle cell anemia in Tanzania.

Fetal hemoglobin (HbF) is an important modulator of sickle cell disease (SCD). HbF has previously been shown to be affected by variants at three loci on chromosomes 2, 6 and 11, but it is likely that additional loci remain to be discovered.We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in 1,213...

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Main Authors: Siana Nkya Mtatiro, Tarjinder Singh, Helen Rooks, Josephine Mgaya, Harvest Mariki, Deogratius Soka, Bruno Mmbando, Evarist Msaki, Iris Kolder, Swee Lay Thein, Stephan Menzel, Sharon E Cox, Julie Makani, Jeffrey C Barrett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4221031?pdf=render

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