Understanding Sickle Cell Disease

Name: Understanding Sickle Cell Disease
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ISBN: 9780878057443

ISBN-10: 0878057447

ISBN-13: 9780878057443

Edition: 1995

Authors: Miriam Bloom

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For general readers a guide to understanding a debilitating genetic disease that affects tens of thousands who are of African heritage.

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 128
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Sickle Cell Disease and How It Is Inherited	p. 3
Who Has Sickle Cell Disease and Why?	p. 22
Inside the Red Blood Cell	p. 39
Possible Effects of Sickle Cell Disease	p. 47
How to Care for People with Sickle Cell Disease	p. 67
Planning a Family	p. 81
Searching for a Cure	p. 91
App. The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America	p. 99
App. Comprehensive Sickle Cell Centers	p. 99
App. Council of Regional Networks for Genetic Services	p. 101
App. State Genetic Services Coordinators	p. 104
App. Alliance of Genetic Support Groups	p. 116
App. Planned Parenthood	p. 116
Notes	p. 117
Index	p. 121
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