New considerations in the treatment of sickle cell disease

Annual Review of Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue , 1998, Pages 461-474

  Reed, W ^a   Vichinsky, E P ^a,b  

^a Blood Centers of the Pacific   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute chest syndrome; Analgesia; Hydroxyurea; Stem cell transplantation; Stroke; Transfusion and blood component therapy

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HEMOGLOBIN S;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALARIA; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTISICKLING AGENTS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOKINES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALARIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATION; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031959197     PISSN: 00664219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.med.49.1.461     Document Type: Review

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