Hope and destiny : the patient and parent's guide to sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait, Allan F. Platt, Jr., James Eckman, and Lewis Hsu

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Hope and destiny : the patient and parent's guide to sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait, Allan F. Platt, Jr., James Eckman, and Lewis Hsu

Title remainder

the patient and parent's guide to sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait

Statement of responsibility

Allan F. Platt, Jr., James Eckman, and Lewis Hsu

Instantiates

• Hope and destiny : the patient and parent's guide to sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait

Publication

• Indianapolis, Hilton Pub. Co., c2011

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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volume

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• nc

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rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

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rdacontent

Contents

The ABCs of sickle cell disease -- Understanding the blood -- Sickle cell disease -- Parenting a child with sickle cell disease -- Sickle cell trait -- General medical care -- Understanding genetics -- Genetic counseling -- Developmental issues -- Birth to six years -- Six to twelve years -- The teen years: thirteen to eighteen -- Young adulthood: nineteen to twenty-five -- Adulthood: twenty-six to forty -- Adults over forty -- Living with sickle cell disease -- Pain assessment and pain management -- Managing depression and anxiety -- Bone marrow transplant as a cure -- Hydroxyurea therapy and hemoglobin F -- Gene therapy for sickle cell disease [Betty Pace, M.D.] -- Participating in sickle cell research -- What you can do

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ocn430841526

Dimensions

23 cm.

Edition

Revised third edition

Extent

xiv, 311 pages

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9780984144709

Lccn

2010043623

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

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illustrations

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u766213