Sickle Cell Disease: References

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References

Citations

1. Miller ST, et al. (2000). Prediction of adverse outcomes in children with sickle cell disease. New England Journal of Medicine, 342(2): 83–89.

2. Gladwin MT, et al. (2004). Pulmonary hypertension as a risk factor for death in patients with sickle cell disease. New England Journal of Medicine, 350(9): 886–95.

3. Ballas SK (2001). Sickle cell disease: Current clinical management. Seminars in Hematology, 30(4): 307–314.

4. Hirst C, Wang W (2006). Blood transfusion for preventing stroke in people with sickle cell disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (1). Oxford: Update Software.

5. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (2002). The Management of Sickle Cell Disease (NIH Publication No. 02-2117). Available online: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/blood/sickle/.

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9. Committee on Genetics, American Academy of Pediatrics (2002). Health supervision for children with sickle cell disease. Pediatrics, 109(3): 526–535.

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Other Works Consulted

• Furie B, et al. (2003). Red blood cell disorders. In Clinical Hematology and Oncology: Presentation, Diagnosis, and Treatment, pp. 464–465. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone.

• Hillman RS, et al. (2005). Hemoglobinopathies. In Hematology in Clinical Practice, 4th ed., pp. 80–94. New York: McGraw-Hill.

• Meremikwu MM (2006). Sickle cell disease, search date August 2005. Online version of Clinical Evidence (15): 1–15.

• Schrier SL (2004). Hemoglobinopathies and hemolytic anemias. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., Scientific American Medicine, section 5, chap. 4. New York: WebMD.

Last updated:	January 19, 2007
Author:	Debby Golonka, MPH
Reviewed By:	Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine, Martin Steinberg, MD - Hematology
Editors:	Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman, MATC