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On the Web
- KidsHealth: Do You Know About Sickle Cell Anemia? - Article tells how sickle cell gets its name, causes, symptoms, tests, and treatment.
- Sickle Cell Disease: Practical Tips for Preventing a Sickle Cell Crisis - Advice from FamilyDoctor.org.
- Sickle Cell Anaemia - Written by a UK sufferer which details the causes, symptoms and normal treatments of sickle cell anaemia.
- The Sickle Cell Foundation of Alberta - Educates the public about sickle cell disease and provides support for carriers of the trait and their families.
- Sickle Cell Information Center - Current information for health care providers, patients, the public, teachers and others with online treatment guideline books, a tutorial, multiple links to other sickle cell sites and a directory of clinics in the US.
- Sickle-Cell Anemia: Knowledge Is the Best Defense - An article about sickle-cell anemia with an explanation, the symptoms, treatment, prevention and how it is passed on. From Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania.
- My Sickle Cell Homepage - Provides a first hand look at Sickle Cell Anemia, built by a person suffering from the disease. Frequently asked questions and a personal diary of the owner's own battle with this disease.
- TeensHealth: Sickle Cell Anemia - Tells what the condition is, how it affects people, how it may be treated, and what young people can do to stay well.
- Sickle Cell Disease Association of America - Education, advocacy and other initiatives which promote awareness and support for sickle cell programs and patients.
- Study: Gene therapy helps sickle cell - [CNN]
Wikipedia Articles
- Hemoglobinopathy - Hemoglobinopathy is a kind of genetic defect that results in abnormal structure of one of the globin chains of the hemoglobin molecule. Most common hemoglobinopathies include sickle-cell disease.
- Kelsey Harrison - Kelsey Harrison is a Nigerian gynecologist and obstetrician who contributed immensely to studies of maternal health, especially during pregnancy. As a researcher at the University of Ibadan, he was part of a group that discovered the dangerous threat posed by sickle cell to maternal and fetal lives among Africans.
- Compound heterozygosity - Two recessive alleles that can cause a particular disease in a heterozygous state. Lets take sickle cell anemia as an example.
- Hemoglobin variants - Hemoglobin variants are mutant forms of hemoglobin in a population (usually of humans), caused by variations in genetics. Some well-known hemoglobin variants such as sickle-cell anemia are responsible for diseases, and are considered hemoglobinopathies.
- Nicosan - Nicosan (Hemoxin in US), previously Niprisan or Nix-0699, is a phytochemical (ethanol/water extract of Piper guineenses seeds, Pterocapus osum stem, Eugenia caryophyllum fruit, and Sorghum bicolor leaves) being tested for the treatment of Sickle-cell disease (SCD).