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MANAGEMENT AND THERAPY OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE

NIH Publication No. 95-2117, Revised December 1995 (Third Edition) National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Editors:

Clarice D. Reid, M.D. Director, Division of Blood Diseases and Resources National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Bethesda, Maryland

Samuel Charache, M.D. Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Pathology, John Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland

Bertram Lubin, M.D. Director of Medical Research, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Oakland, California

Co-Editors:

Cage Johnson, M.D. Professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, M.D., Director, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

CONTENTS

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Preface

Contributors

Introduction

Chapter 1. Child and Adolescent Health Care Maintenance

Chapter 2. Adult Health Care Maintenance

Chapter 3. Patient Care Coordination

Chapter 4. Psychosocial Management

Chapter 5. Newborn Screening

Chapter 6. Infection

Chapter 7. Painful Events

Chapter 8. Lung