Bookeditors, Mark T. Gladwin, Gregory J. Kato, Enrico Novelli.
Summary: "This book will provide students and practitioners with the most recent guidelines for patient care. Chapters include guidelines of care, diagnosis, unique cases, and cutting-edge therapies that will appeal to hematology fellows, trainees, and practicing hematologists"-- Provided by publisher
Contents:
Genetic Basis of Sickle Cell Disease / Martin H Steinberg, Swee Lay Thein
Sickle Hemoglobin Polymerization / Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro, Constance Tom Noguchi, Alan N. Schechter
Vaso-Occlusion in Sickle Cell Disease / Huihui Li, Paul Frenette
Hemolysis and Endothelial Dysfunction / Gregory J. Kato, Mark T. Gladwin
Sterile Inflammation in Sickle Cell Disease / Prithu Sundd, Solomon F. Ofori-Acquah
Ischemia-Reperfusion Pathobiology in Sickle Cell Anemia / Robert P. Hebbel, John D. Belcher, Gregory M. Vercellotti
Mechanistic Insights on Sickle Cell Pathophysiology Learned From Transgenic Mouse Models / Kalpna Gupta, Lewis L. Hsu
Pharmacologic Induction of Fetal Hemoglobin / Abdullah Kutlar, Vivien Sheehan
Stroke and Cognitive Dysfunction / Hanne Stotesbury, Robert J. Adams, Fenella J. Kirkham
Management of Pregnant Women and Newborns With Sickle Cell Disease / Samuel A. Oppong, Jodi-Anne Stewart, Michael R. DeBaun
The Asthma Conundrum in Sickle Cell Disease / Natalie R. Shilo, Elizabeth S. Klings, Claudia R. Morris
Acute Chest Syndrome / Armand Mekontso Dessap, Elliott Vichinsky
Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease / John J. Strouse, Nancy Green
Pulmonary Hypertension and Heart Disease in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease / Mark T. Gladwin, Kenneth I. Ataga, Roberto Machado
Cardiac Complications / Vandana Sachdev, Punam Malik, John Wood
Sickle Nephropathy / Santosh L. Saraf, Vimal K. Derebail, Victor R. Gordeuk, Jane A. Little
Sickle Cell Trait / Philippe Connes, Hyacinth I. Hyacinth, Rakhi P. Naik
Acute and Chronic Pain / Samir K. Ballas, Wally R. Smith
Priapism in Sickle Cell Disease / Susan M. MacDonald, Arthur L. Burnett
Ocular Complications in Sickle Cell Disease / Adrienne W. Scott, Morton F. Goldberg Rare Presentations and Emerging Complications of Sickle Cell Disease / Oswaldo Castro, Kathryn L. Hassell
Thrombophilia in Sickle Cell Disease / Enrico Novelli, Rafal Pawlinski, Sruti Shiva, Nigel Key
Transfusion Therapy in Sickle Cell Disease / Sally A. Campbell-Lee, Anoosha Habibi, Darrell J. Triulzi
Clinical Trials : State of the Art and Lesson Learned / Laura M. De Castro, Ramasubramanian Kalpatthi, Marilyn J. Telen
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Sickle Cell Disease / Alexis Leonard, John F. Tisdale, Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, Mark C. Walters
Emergent Clinical Complications of Sickle Cell Disease / Marcus Carden, Jeffrey Glassberg, Claudia R. Morris
Psychosocial Burden in Sickle Cell Disease / Allison A. King, Sherif M. Badawy, Julie Panepinto, Kofi Anie, Charles Jonassaint, Marsha Treadwell
Therapeutic Options and Combination Therapy / Caterina P. Minniti, Jane S. Hankins
Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease / Tim M. Townes, Marina Cavazzana
Hydroxyurea and Sickle Cell Disease / Winfred C. Wang, Russell E. Ware
The Burden of Sickle Cell Gene in India / Yazdi Italia, Dipty Jain, Roshan Colah, Khushnooma Italia
Sickle Cell Disease in Jamaica : Observations from a Small Island / Graham Serjeant, Beryl Serjeant
Sickle Cell Disease in Brazil / Fernando Ferreira Costa
Sickle Cell Disease in Africa / Amma Twumwa Owusu-Ansah, Julie Makani, Kwaku Ohene-Frempong.