Sickle cell disease [electronic resource]
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Chelsea House ,
c2008
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| Series: | Genes & disease
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| Online Access: | NetLibrary |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The medical detectives
- 2. Cells: the body's protein factories
- 3. Normal and mutant hemoglobins
- 4. How sickle cell hemoglobin affects health
- 5. Genetics of sickle cell anemia
- Detecting sickle cell anemia
- 6. Current treatments for sickle cell anemia
- 7. Potential treatments for sickle cell anemia
- 8. Sickle cell anemia : a history of ethical cencerns