A disease characterized by chronic hemolytic anemia, episodic painful crises, and pathologic involvement of many organs. It is the clinical expression of homozygosity for hemoglobin S.
    

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Genetics frame of reference - the size of various genetic components, including DNA, a base pair, various sizes of deletions, chromosomes and genes are listed and compared with more familiar objects such as the Solar System, planets, cities, hospitals, wards, and so on.

Sickle cell disease: liver

Sickle cell disease: bone marrow expansion

Anemia, Sickle Cell

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Catalogue

Haemophilia and sickle cell ephemera. Box 1.

Care and management of your child with sickle cell disease : a parents' guide / Oni L, Dick M, Smalling B, Walters J.

Sickle cell disease : basic principles and clinical practice / editors, Stephen H. Embury [and others].

Transfusion support for patients with sickle cell disease / Wendell F. Rosse, Marilyn J. Telen, Russell E. Ware.

A-Z family guide to sickle cell disorder / by Cecilia Shoetan & Lawal K. Olalekan.