Medicine Sickle Cell Anemia

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• Overviews
• Genetic Disease Profile: Sickle Cell Anemia (Dept. of Energy, Human Genome Project)
• Sickle Cell Anemia (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Sickle Cell Anemia (Nemours Foundation)
• What is Sickle Cell Disease? (Dolan DNA Learning Center)

 

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Complete Blood Count (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)

 

• Treatment
• Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplantation (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)
• Bone Marrow and Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplant (Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Grady Health System)
• Hydroxyurea Therapy Improves Survival in Most Severely Affected Sickle Cell Patients (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

 

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Anemia, Sickle Cell (National Institutes of Health)
• Active Clinical Trials at the Joint Center for Sickle Cell and Thalassemic Disorders (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital)

 

• Specific Conditions
• Sickle Cell Disease: Practical Tips for Preventing a Sickle Cell Crisis (American Academy of Family Physicians)

 

• Prevention/Screening
• Genetic Counseling (Nemours Foundation)
• Newborn Screening Tests (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
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• Sickle Cell Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)

 

• Disease Management
• Pain Assessment and Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease (Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Grady Health System)

 

• Research
• Exploring Important Medicinal Uses for Watermelon Rinds (Dept. of Agriculture)
• Exposure to Tobacco Smoke Harms Children with Sickle Cell Disease (Nemours Foundation)
• Scientists Use Gene Therapy to Correct Sickle Cell Disease in Mice (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Sickle Cell Research for Treatment and Cure (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Links to PDF File

 

• Genetics
• Genetics Home Reference: Sickle cell anemia (National Library of Medicine)
• Genes and Disease: Sickle Cell Anemia (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
• How Do People Get Sickle Cell Disease? (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital)
• Learning About Sickle Cell Disease (National Human Genome Research Institute)
• Sickle Cell Anemia: If Parents Are Carriers, What Is Child's Risk? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

 

• Directories
• Sickle Cell Clinics, Contacts, and Resources (Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Grady Health System)

 

• Organizations
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• Save Babies through Screening Foundation, Inc. (Save Babies Through Screening)
• Sickle Cell Information Center (Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Grady Health System)

 

• Law and Policy
• Sickle Cell Disease: Americans With Disabilities Act (Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Grady Health System)

 

• Children
• Do You Know About Sickle Cell Anemia? (Nemours Foundation)
• Truth About Transfusions (Nemours Foundation)

 

• Teenagers
• Blood Transfusions (Nemours Foundation)
• Story on Sickle Cell Anemia (Nemours Foundation)

 

• Other Foreign Language
• Cartilha de Anemia Falciforme (Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Grady Health System)