Understanding Sickle Cell Disease.

Until recently not at all well understood, sickle cell disease afflicts a very specific portion of the population, namely persons of African descent and, to a lesser degree, those from the Middle East, India, and the Mediterranean area (some in the affected groups carry the disease without suffering...

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Main Author: Bloom, Miriam
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 1995
Series:Understanding health and sickness series.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Sickle Cell Disease and How It Is Inherited; 2. Who Has Sickle Cell Disease and Why?; 3. Inside the Red Blood Cell; 4. Possible Effects of Sickle Cell Disease; 5. How to Care for People with Sickle Cell Disease; 6. Planning a Family; 7. Searching for a Cure; Appendix; Notes; Index.