Practical management of haemoglobinopathies
By: edited by Iheanyi E. Okpala
Contributors: Wiley online library
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
ISBN-13: 9780470988398
Subjects: Hemoglobinopathieën; Sickle Cell Anemia; Psychosociale aspecten; Diagnostiek; Therapieën; Thalassemia; Hemoglobinopathy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: The concept of comprehensive care of sickle cell disease / I.E. Okpala; title: Haemoglobinopathy diagnostic tests (1): blood counts, sickle solubility test, haemoglobin electrophoresis, & high performance liquid chromatography / Yvonne Daniel; title: Haemoglobinopathy diagnostic tests (2): isoelectric focusing, mass spectrometry, & DNA analysis / Barbara Wild; title: Epidemiology, genetics and pathophysiology of sickle cell disease / I.E. Okpala; title: The genetics & multiple phenotypes of beta-thalassaemia / Swee Lay Thein; title: The diagnosis & significance of alpha-thalassaemia / A. Stephens; title: Morbid anatomy & autopsy findings in sickle cell disease & sickle cell trait / Sebastian Lucas; title: Sickle cell crisis / I.E. Okpala; title: Treatment modalities for pain in sickle cell disease / I.E. Okpala; title: Childhood sickle cell disease & thalassaemia / Moira Dick.; title: Acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease / Josh Wright; title: Blood transfusion therapy for haemoglobinopathies / Nay Win; title: Management of pregnancy in sickle cell disease & thalassaemia / Susan Bewley; title: Hepato-biliary complications of the sickle cell diseases / C.S. Johnson; title: Pulmonary hypertension / I.E. Okpala; title: Stroke in sickle cell disease / Kwaku Ohene-Frempong; title: Clinical management of beta-thalassaemia / Kornelia Cinkotai; title: Iron chelation therapy in thalassaemia & sickle cell disease / B. Wonke; title: Renal disease in sickle cell disease / Ian Abbs; title: Assessment of prognosis & hydroxyurea therapy in sickle cell disease / I.E. Okpala.; title: Haemopoietic stem cell transplantation for thalassaemia & sickle cell disease / Irene Roberts & Christina Halsey; title: Practical guidelines, antibiotic therapy, exchange blood transfusion / I.E. Okpala; title: Drug dependence in sickle cell disease / I.K. Azuonye; title: The roles & function of a community sickle cell & thalassaemia centre / C. Rochester-Peart; title: Community nursing care for people with thalassaemia & sickle cell disease / Sadie Daley; title: Counselling people affected by sickle cell disease & thalassaemia / C. Onyedinma-Ndubueze; title: Sickle cell disease & thalassaemia: the challenge for health professionals / Elizabeth Anionwu.