Sickle cell disease

Clin Med (Lond). 2001 Nov-Dec;1(6):441-6. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.1-6-441.

Abstract

SCD is a major health problem requiring lifelong multidisciplinary care to manage the wide range of medical and social consequences. A number of new approaches offer the potential to have an impact on the natural history of this disease.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / complications
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / diagnosis
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / therapy*
  • Antisickling Agents / therapeutic use
  • Blood Transfusion
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydroxyurea / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Mass Screening
  • Thalassemia / complications
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Antisickling Agents
  • Hydroxyurea