Understanding sickle cell disease / Miriam Bloom.

  • Bloom, Miriam.
Date:
[1995], ©1995
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About this work

Publication/Creation

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [1995], ©1995.

Physical description

x, 126 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Contributors

Notes

"For general readers a guide to understanding a debilitating genetic disease that affects tens of thousands who are of African ancestry"--Cover

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-119) and index

Contents

Sickle cell disease and how it is inherited -- Who has sickle cell disease and why? -- Inside the red blood cell -- Possible effects of sickle cell disease -- How to care for people with sickle cell disease -- Planning a family -- Searching for a cure.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WH170 1995B65u
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 0878057447
  • 0878057455