The emerging understanding of sickle cell disease

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-18

  Serjeant, Graham R ^a,b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Genetics; History; Malaria; Sickle cell

Indexed keywords

CYANIC ACID; HYDROXYUREA;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GALLSTONE; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; STROKE;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PORTRAITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035133276     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2001.02557.x     Document Type: Review

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