Telomere attrition in sickle cell anemia

Am J Hematol. 2017 Jun;92(6):E112-E114. doi: 10.1002/ajh.24721. Epub 2017 Apr 18.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / blood
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / genetics*
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / mortality
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / therapy
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / etiology
  • Blood Viscosity
  • Cellular Senescence
  • Erythrocyte Indices
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gene Dosage
  • Genotype
  • Hemoglobins / analysis
  • Humans
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Leukocytes / ultrastructure
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Oxygen / blood
  • Patient Selection
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Telomere Shortening*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Hemoglobins
  • Oxygen