Haptoglobin Gene Polymorphism among Sickle Cell Patients in West Cameroon: Hematological and Clinical Implications

Haptoglobin is a protein involved in protecting the body from the harmful effects of free hemoglobin. The haptoglobin gene exhibits a polymorphism, and the different genotypes do not have the same capacity to combat the free hemoglobin effects. The present study aimed at determining the polymorphic...

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Main Authors: Christian Bernard Kengne Fotsing, Constant Anatole Pieme, Prosper Cabral Biapa Nya, Jean Paul Chedjou, Samuel Ashusong, Gisele Njindam, Jocelyn Tony Nengom, Georges Teto, Carine Nguemeni, Wilfred Fon Mbacham, Donatien Gatsing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Advances in Hematology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6939413
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