Genetic modulation of stroke in children with sickle cell anaemia

Sickle cell anaemia (SCA) is an autosomal recessive genetic disease that leads to the synthesis of haemoglobin S (HbS). The pathophysiology of the disease is centred on HbS polymerization inside the red blood cells, which become sickle-shaped (SSRBCs), rigid, viscous and adherent-prone to the vascul...

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Main Author: Silva, Marisa (author)
Other Authors: Vargas, Sofia (author), Coelho, Andreia (author), Mendonça, Joana (author), Vieira, Luís (author), Kjollerstrom, Paula (author), Maia, Raquel (author), Silva, Rita (author), Dias, Alexandra (author), Ferreira, Teresa (author), Morais, Anabela (author), Mota Soares, Isabel (author), Lavinha, João (author), Faustino, Paula (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/6811
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/6811