Association of Variants at BCL11A and HBS1L-MYB with Hemoglobin F and Hospitalization Rates among Sickle Cell Patients in Cameroon

• Ambroise Wonkam ,

  * E-mail: ambroise.wonkam@uct.ac.za

  Affiliation Division of Human Genetics, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa

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• Valentina J. Ngo Bitoungui,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Parasitology and Haematology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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• Anna A. Vorster,

  Affiliation Division of Human Genetics, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa

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• Raj Ramesar,

  Affiliations Division of Human Genetics, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, UCT/MRC Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa

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• Richard S. Cooper,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

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• Bamidele Tayo,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

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• Guillaume Lettre,

  Affiliation Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Jeanne Ngogang

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Parasitology and Haematology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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