User:Mmeiland/Books/Sickle Cell Disease

Causes, Consequences, and Treatment

 * Sickle-cell disease: a general description
 * Sickle-cell disease
 * Sickle cell-beta thalassemia


 * Major clinical manifestations of sickle cell disease
 * Vaso-occlusive crisis
 * Dactylitis
 * Sickle cell nephropathy
 * Reticulocytopenia


 * Molecular and genetic foundations of sickle cell disease
 * Hemoglobin
 * Sickle Cell Anemia, a Molecular Disease


 * Current treatments and how they work
 * Fetal hemoglobin


 * Associations dedicated to research, treatment, and support of persons with sickle-cell disease
 * Sickle Cell Disease Association of America


 * Why sickle-cell disease likely evolved and persisted
 * Malaria
 * Sickle cell trait