Sickle Cell Disease
Subtitle: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management
Contributors: Vipul N. Mankad (Editor); R. Blaine Moore (Editor)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780275925031
Subjects: Cardiovascular medicine; Haematology; Medical Hematology; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Health/Fitness; Hematology; Medical / General; General; Anemia, Sickle Cell; Sickle cell anemia; diagnosis; physiopathology; therapy
First sentence: This chapter provides a brief overview of the genetics, epidemiology, and geographic distribution of sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait.