Understanding sickle cell disease / Miriam Bloom.
By: Bloom, Miriam.
Material type: TextSeries: Understanding health and sickness series. Publisher: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c1995General Notes: "For general readers a guide to understanding a debilitating genetic disease that affects tens of thousands who are of African ancestry"--Cover.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-119) and index.Description: x, 126 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0878057447 (alk. paper); 0878057455 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Anemia | Sickle cell anemiaDDC classification: 616.1/527Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 616.1 B623 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284001318476 |
"For general readers a guide to understanding a debilitating genetic disease that affects tens of thousands who are of African ancestry"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-119) and index.
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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