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SUBMITTER: Taylor JG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3509176 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Taylor James G JG Ackah Diana D Cobb Crystal C Orr Nick N Percy Melanie J MJ Sachdev Vandana V Machado Roberto R Castro Oswaldo O Kato Gregory J GJ Chanock Stephen J SJ Gladwin Mark T MT
American journal of hematology 20080101 1
Pulmonary hypertension is a common complication of sickle cell disease (SCD) and a risk factor for early death. Hemolysis may participate in its pathogenesis by limiting nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability and producing vasculopathy. We hypothesized that hemoglobin mutations that diminish hemolysis in SCD would influence pulmonary hypertension susceptibility. Surprisingly, coincident alpha-thalassemia (Odds Ratio [OR]=0.95, 95% CI=0.46-1.94, P=NS) was not associated with pulmonary hypertension sus ...[more]