Haptoglobin genotype predicts severe acute vaso-occlusive pain episodes in children with sickle cell anemia

Am J Hematol. 2020 Apr;95(4):E92-E95. doi: 10.1002/ajh.25728. Epub 2020 Jan 30.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Acute Chest Syndrome / epidemiology
  • Acute Chest Syndrome / etiology
  • Acute Pain / epidemiology
  • Acute Pain / etiology*
  • Adolescent
  • Alleles
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / complications
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / genetics*
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / etiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Gene Frequency
  • Genetic Association Studies*
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Haptoglobins / genetics*
  • Heme / analysis
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Prospective Studies
  • Risk
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • HP protein, human
  • Haptoglobins
  • Heme