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Sickle cell disease / Phill Jones.

By: Jones, Phill, 1953-Material type: TextTextSeries: Genes & diseasePublication details: New York, NY : Chelsea House Publishers, c2008Description: 143 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780791095874 (hbk. : alk. paper); 0791095878 (hbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Sickle cell anemia -- Popular worksDDC classification: 616.1/527 LOC classification: RC641.7.S5 | J667 2008
Contents:
The medical detectives Cells : the body's protein factories Normal and mutant hemoglobins How sickle cell hemoglobin affects health Genetics of sickle cell anemia Detecting sickle cell anemia Current treatments for sickle cell anemia Potential treatments for sickle cell anemia Sickle cell anemia : a history of ethical concerns.
Summary: This is a very readable book on the major aspects of sickle cell disease. There are also informative colour illustrations.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-134) and index.

The medical detectives Cells : the body's protein factories Normal and mutant hemoglobins How sickle cell hemoglobin affects health Genetics of sickle cell anemia Detecting sickle cell anemia Current treatments for sickle cell anemia Potential treatments for sickle cell anemia Sickle cell anemia : a history of ethical concerns.

This is a very readable book on the major aspects of sickle cell disease. There are also informative colour illustrations.

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