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In the Blood: Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race (Critical Histories) by Melbourne Tapper, 1998-01-01 Menace In My Blood: My Affliction With Sickle-Cell Anemia by Ola Tamedu, 2006-01-24 Dying in the City of the Blues: Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race and Health by Keith Wailoo, 2001-03-26 Hope and Destiny: A Patient's and Parent's Guide to Sickle Cell Anemia by Alan Sacerdote M.D., Allen Platt, et all 2002-10-01 Hope and Destiny: A Patient's and Parent's Guide to Sickle Cell Anemia by Allan F. Platt Jr. PA-C, Alan Sacerdote MD, 2006-04-01 Back to Our Roots: Cooking for the Control of Sickle Cell Anemia And Disease Prevention by Dawud Ujamaa, 2005-11-03 Let's Talk About Sickle Cell Anemia (Let's Talk Library) by Melanie Apel Gordon, 1999-12 Sickle Cell Anemia - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References by ICON Health Publications, 2004-03-12 Sickle Cell Anemia (Genetic and Developmental Diseases and Disorders) by Judy Monroe Peterson, 2008-09 Sickle Cell Anemia by Alvin & Virginia / Nunn, Laura Silverstein Silverstein, 1997 The 2002 Official Patient's Sourcebook on Sickle Cell Anemia The Early Life of Jeomie East: Struggling with Sickle Cell Anemia by Phyllis East, 2002-03-25 Coping With Sickle-Cell Anemia (Coping) Sickle Cell Anemia by Anthony Cerami, 1973-12

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1. MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Sickle Cell Anemia
   Takes a look at this disorder with a definition, causes, incidence and risk factors.  
   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000527.htm
   
   Extractions: @import url(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/images/advanced.css); Skip navigation Other encyclopedia topics: A-Ag Ah-Ap Aq-Az B-Bk ... Z Contents of this page: Red blood cells, sickle cell Red blood cells, normal Red blood cells, multiple sickle cells Red blood cells, sickle cells ... Blood cells Alternative names Return to top Anemia - sickle cell; Hemoglobin SS disease (Hb SS); Sickle cell disease Definition Return to top Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease in which the red blood cells, normally disc-shaped, become crescent shaped. As a result, they function abnormally and cause small blood clots. These clots give rise to recurrent painful episodes called "sickle cell pain crises." Causes, incidence, and risk factors Return to top Sickle cell anemia is caused by an abnormal type of hemoglobin (oxygen carrying molecule) called hemoglobin S. It is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait that is, it occurs in someone who has inherited hemoglobin S from both parents. Someone who inherits hemoglobin S from one parent and normal hemoglobin (A) from the other parent will have sickle cell trait . Approximately 8% of African Americans have sickle cell trait. Someone who inherits hemoglobin S from one parent and another type of abnormal hemoglobin from the other parent will have another form of sickle cell disease, such as sickle cell-b

2. Welcome To The American Sickle Cell Anemia Association
   A nonprofit organisation based in Cleveland Ohio whose objectives are to raise awareness of the condition. Features educational material, FAQs, support groups and a message board.  
   http://www.ascaa.org/
   
   Extractions: Updated 5/26/04 *Information relayed on this site is collective, and has been accumulated over time from various factual sources, medical journals and general knowledgebase's on sickle cell. For specific printed mater, useful for citing text information, please contact us and will forward printed mater to you.

3. Patient Information
   Compares normal red blood cells to those affected by this disorder. Tells who may be born with the condition and how it affects the lives of those who have it.  
   http://www.emory.edu/PEDS/SICKLE/sicklept.htm
   
   Extractions: Sickle Cell Anemia Sickle Cell anemia is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. Normal red blood cells are round like doughnuts, and they move through small blood tubes in the body to deliver oxygen. Sickle red blood cells become hard, sticky and shaped like sickles used to cut wheat. When these hard and pointed red cells go through the small blood tube, they clog the flow and break apart. This can cause pain, damage and a low blood count, or anemia. There is a substance in the red cell called hemoglobin that carries oxygen inside the cell. One little change in this substance causes the hemoglobin to form long rods in the red cell when it gives away oxygen. These rigid rods change the red cell into a sickle shape instead of the round shape. You inherit the abnormal hemoglobin from your parents, who may be carriers with sickle cell trait or parents with sickle cell disease. You can not catch it. You are born with the sickle cell hemoglobin and it is present for life. If you inherit only one sickle gene, you have sickle cell trait. If you inherit two sickle cell genes you have sickle cell disease. Is Sickle Cell only in African Americans?

4. MedlinePlus: Sickle Cell Anemia
   Q R S T U V W XYZ List of All Topics. sickle cell anemia Genetic Disease Profile sickle cell anemia ( Dept. of Energy, Human Genome Project) sickle cell anemia  
   http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sicklecellanemia.html
   
   Extractions: Also available in: Spanish General/Overviews Genetic Disease Profile: Sickle Cell Anemia (Dept. of Energy, Human Genome Project) Sickle Cell Anemia (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Sickle Cell Anemia (Nemours Foundation) Clinical Trials ClinicalTrials.gov: Anemia, Sickle Cell (National Institutes of Health) Active Clinical Trials at the Joint Center for Sickle Cell and Thalassemic Disorders (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital) Disease Management Pain Assessment and Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease (Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Grady Health System) Prevention/Screening Genetic Counseling (Nemours Foundation) Newborn Screening Tests (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)

5. Sickle Cell Anemia
   Blood and Lymph Diseases. Anemia, sickle cell. Burkitt lymphoma Anemia, sickle cell. sickle cell anemia is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States, affecting  
   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disease/sickle.html
   
   Extractions: SCA is an autosomal recessive disease caused by a point mutation in the hemoglobin beta gene ( HBB ) found on chromosome 11p15.4. Carrier frequency of HBB varies significantly around the world, with high rates associated with zones of high malaria incidence, since carriers are somewhat protected against malaria. About 8% of the African American population are carriers. A mutation in HBB results in the production of a structurally abnormal hemoglobin (Hb), called HbS. Hb is an oxygen carrying protein that gives red blood cells (RBC) their characteristic color. Under certain conditions, like low oxygen levels or high hemoglobin concentrations, in individuals who are homozygous for HbS, the abnormal HbS clusters together, distorting the RBCs into sickled shapes. These deformed and rigid RBCs become trapped within small blood vessels and block them, producing pain and eventually damaging organs.

6. New Hope For People With Sickle Cell Anemia (FDA Consumer Reprint)
   A recent clinical trial found that the drug Hydrea (hydroxyurea) significantly reduced painful episodes in adults with a severe form of sickle cell anemia. two copies of the genetic mutation have  
   http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/496_sick.html
   
   Extractions: This article originally appeared in the May 1996 FDA Consumer and contains revisions made in December 1997 and February 1999. The article is no longer being updated. New Hope for People with Sickle Cell Anemia by Eleanor Mayfield In tropical regions of the world where the parasite-borne disease malaria is prevalent, people with a single copy of a particular genetic mutation have a survival advantage. Over time, people from these regions have migrated, had children, and in some cases married each other. Some of their children inherit two copies of the mutation. While inheriting one copy of the mutation confers a benefit, inheriting two copies is a tragedy. Children born with two copies of the genetic mutation have sickle cell anemia, a painful disease that affects the red blood cells and is curable only in rare instances. In February 1998, the Food and Drug Administration approved the drug Droxia (hydroxyurea) for reducing painful episodes in adults with a severe form of sickle cell anemia. The drug doesn't cure the disease. Hydroxyurea also is approved under the name Hydrea for treating certain cancers. Genetic Defect Changes Cell Shape The genetic defect that causes sickle cell anemia affects hemoglobin, a component of red blood cells. Hemoglobin's job is to carry oxygen to all the cells and tissues of the body. Red blood cells that contain normal hemoglobin (such as the one pictured top right) are soft and round. Their soft texture enables them to squeeze through the body's small blood vessels.

7. Sickle Cell Anemia
   sickle cell anemia occurs when a person inherits two abnormal genes that cause their red blood cells to change shape. Find out more about what sickle cell anemia is in this article for teens. sickle cell anemia. sickle cell anemia is a hereditary disorder that mostly affects people of African ancestry, but than 70 000 Americans have sickle cell anemia. And about 2 million  
   http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/blood/sickle_cell_anemia.html
   
   Extractions: Sickle cell anemia is a hereditary disorder that mostly affects people of African ancestry, but also occurs in other ethnic groups, including people who are of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern descent. More than 70,000 Americans have sickle cell anemia. And about 2 million Americans - and one in 12 African Americans - have sickle cell trait (this means they carry one gene for the disease, but do not have the disease itself). Sickle cell anemia occurs when a person inherits two abnormal genes (one from each parent) that cause their red blood cells to change shape. Instead of being flexible and round, these cells are more rigid and curved in the shape of the farm tool known as a sickle - that's where the disease gets its name. The shape is similar to a crescent moon. What Is Sickle Cell Anemia? Sickle cell anemia is a blood disorder that affects hemoglobin (pronounced: hee -muh-glow-bin), a protein found in red blood cells that helps carry oxygen throughout the body. Red blood cells with normal hemoglobin ( HbA ) move easily through the bloodstream, delivering oxygen to all of the cells of the body. Normal red blood cells are shaped like doughnuts with the centers partially scooped out and are soft and flexible.

8. Sickle Cell Disease Association Of America
   Education, advocacy, and patient care for Sickle Cell Disease sickle cell anemia Battling Pain". Get to know your neighbors in the Sickle Cell. community by plugging into the Forum.  
   http://www.sicklecelldisease.org/

9. Sickle Cell Anemia
   sickle cell anemia national and international resources, clinics with genetic counselors and geneticists sickle cell anemia. American sickle cell anemia Association. P.O  
   http://www.kumc.edu/gec/support/sickle_c.html
   
   Extractions: E-mail: ashc@cybernex.net What is Sickle Cell Disease? Education materials on Alpha Thalassemia, Beta Thalassemia, Hemoglobin C Trait (AC), Sickle Cell Trait (AS), Hemoglobin E Trait (AE) Map of United States with links to state organizations Uriel Owens Chapter SCDAA, PO BOX 171371, 650 Minnesota Ave., 2nd Floor, Kansas City, KS 66117, 913.621.1713, owens@sicklecellkck.org Sickle Cell Disease Association of Piedmont , NC What is Sickle Cell Disease? Sickle Cell Anemia Research Foundation (SCARF), 2625 Third Street, P.O. Box 206, Alexandria, Louisiana 71309, 877.722.7370, e-mail: scarf@sicklecelldisease.org Regional Organizations, Clinics, Groups

10. Sickle Cell Anemia
    A definition of sickle cell anemia, what it is, how one gets it, symptoms, statistics and testing.  
    http://www.mamashealth.com/Sickle_Cell.asp
    
    Extractions: What is Sickle Cell Anemia? Sickle Cell is an inherited, chronic blood disease where the red blood cells become crescent shaped and function abnormally. When the blood cells become cresent/sickle shaped, they are unable to deliver adequate amounts of oxygen to other cells. The Sickle Cell Disease results in anemia (low blood counts), episodes of pain and increased susceptibility to infections. Sickle Cell produces a chronic anemia which may become life-threatening when hemolytic crises (the breakdown of red blood cells) or aplastic crises (bone marrow fails to produce blood cells) occur. If repeated crises occurs, damage of the kidneys lungs , bone, liver , and central nervous system may result. Occasionaly, acute painful episodes may occur. These acute episodes may last hours to days affecting the bones of the back, the long bones, and the chest. What makes the red blood cell become a sickle shape?

11. Sickle Cell Anemia
    The Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Bethesda, Maryland. sickle cell anemia. MS1 ANATOMY. MS-2 RADIOLOGY. MS-4 ELECTIVE. TROPICAL MEDICINE sickle cell anemia. Introduction. sickle cell anemia (SCA) is caused by a change in the chemical most commonly seen only in sickle cell anemia. Marrow hyperplasia crowds and  
    http://rad.usuhs.mil/rad/home/cases/sickle.html
    
    Extractions: Ironically, the sickle cell trait (the heterozygous HgbSA - not the homozygous HgbSS) seems to have a protective effect against the malaria parasite. By the time many patients reach adulthood, there is often objective evidence of anatomic and/or functional damage to various tissues due to the cumulative effects of recurrent vasoocclusive (clotting) episodes. However, the course of the disease is variable from patient to patient. Learn More About Sickle Cell Anemia - 1 The first is most commonly seen only in sickle cell anemia. Marrow hyperplasia crowds and thins the bone trabeculae which results in bone weakness and osteoporosis. Bone softening at the centra of the vertebral bodies of the spine occurs in 70% of patients; a biconcave shape results as the intervertebral disks push into the softened bone. Infarction on the vertebral bodies may also result in partial or complete collapse of the central portion as well. The biconcave, or "fish mouth" vertebrae (due to compression of the vertebral endplates above and below the disk space) are virtually pathognomonic of sickle cell disease. Such changes are evident on the enclosed chest X-rays.

12. Naturalhealthlink.com
    Detailed information on sickle cell anemia symptoms, treatment and diet changes that may be helpful for iron deficiency.  
    http://www.naturalhealthlink.com/ReferenceLibrary/healthnotes.asp?ArticleID=88&a

13. The American Sickle Cell Anemia Association - FAQ'S
    Search The Site. What is sickle cell anemia. What causes sickle cell anemia. How common is sickle cell anemia. What are signs of sickle cell anemia.  
    http://www.ascaa.org/faq.asp

14. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation
    Services, which are for childhood cancers of the blood, neuroblastoma, Ewing's sarcoma, Wilm's tumor, and noncancerous blood disorders, including sickle cell anemia and immunodeficiency syndromes.  
    http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/pedbmt
    
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15. Sickle Cell Anemia
    sickle cell anemia. Introduction sickle cell anemia You may also want to visit the sickle cell anemia Slide Show. Bone Changes Sickle Cell  
    http://radlinux1.usuf1.usuhs.mil/rad/home/cases/sickle.html
    
    Extractions: Ironically, the sickle cell trait (the heterozygous HgbSA - not the homozygous HgbSS) seems to have a protective effect against the malaria parasite. By the time many patients reach adulthood, there is often objective evidence of anatomic and/or functional damage to various tissues due to the cumulative effects of recurrent vasoocclusive (clotting) episodes. However, the course of the disease is variable from patient to patient. Learn More About Sickle Cell Anemia - 1 The first is most commonly seen only in sickle cell anemia. Marrow hyperplasia crowds and thins the bone trabeculae which results in bone weakness and osteoporosis. Bone softening at the centra of the vertebral bodies of the spine occurs in 70% of patients; a biconcave shape results as the intervertebral disks push into the softened bone. Infarction on the vertebral bodies may also result in partial or complete collapse of the central portion as well. The biconcave, or "fish mouth" vertebrae (due to compression of the vertebral endplates above and below the disk space) are virtually pathognomonic of sickle cell disease. Such changes are evident on the enclosed chest X-rays.

16. Hemolytic Anemia
    Looks at the course, management and complications of this disease.  
    http://www.fpnotebook.com/HEM49.htm
    
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17. Carolina WrenPress
    Nonprofit publisher whose Lollipop Power Books specialize in multicultural, bilingual, nonsexist, and nontraditional children's books. Publishes Puzzles, the story of a tenyear-old girl with sickle cell anemia.  
    http://www.carolinawrenpress.org/
    
    Extractions: SPECIAL EVENT: Friday April 16th at 7:30pm, in the Rare Book Room (in Perkins Library), Duke University: A reading by Jaki Shelton Green, Evie Shockley and Shirlette Ammons; Lois Deloatch will emcee, accompanied by guitarist Scott Sawyer . A reception and book-signing will follow. Free and open to the public. For more information, email the press: carolina@carolinawrenpress.org

18. Brian's InterPlaza
    Personal site of Florida native with information and links to information regarding sickle cell anemia  
    http://home.earthlink.net/~brianhender/
    
    Extractions: It's new and improved! Welcome to my home on the internet.If this is your first time visiting this site, I extend a hearty welcome. If you have visited here before, I hope that you enjoy the new layout and graphics. I don't know if you can tell by the improved graphics on the site, but I am out of the hospital and back at work.Thanks for all the get well wishes and sympathetic letters I hope that visitors will continue to find my site informative, and I look forward to reading more letters from people with Sickle Cell Anemia and their family and friends. I still hope to showcase some of my 3D graphics in this space, and post information for my co-workers regarding the use of the computers in their classrooms. So once I get a grasp of what the common questions are, I will begin a new section on this site. As far as the3D graphics are concerned, well....they come as soon as I get more free time.

19. Do You Know About Sickle Cell Anemia?
    What s sickle cell anemia? What Is sickle cell anemia? sickle cell anemia is a disease caused by a problem with the body s red blood cells.  
    http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/blood/sickle_cell.html
    
    Extractions: Have you ever seen a sickle? It's a farm tool with a curved, sharp edge for cutting wheat. Sickle cell anemia (say: sih -kul sell uh- nee -mee-uh) is a disease of the blood that gets its name because the blood cells are shaped like a sickle. You or someone you know may have sickle cell anemia. To find out more about it, keep reading. What Is Sickle Cell Anemia? Sickle cell anemia is a disease caused by a problem with the body's red blood cells . Normal red blood cells are soft and round like teeny tiny little doughnuts. These normal cells bend and flow easily through small, tube-like blood vessels to deliver oxygen to all parts of the body. But sickle cells are different. They're much stiffer, with a curved shape. The hard, curved edges of sickle cells can make these cells get clogged up inside of smaller blood vessels. This keeps blood from flowing properly in the body. Important organs like the brain heart , or kidneys need constant blood flow to stay healthy. Although the body attacks the sickle cells and destroys them, it can't make new blood cells fast enough to replace the old ones.

20. Sickle Cell Anemia
    Tells what the condition is, how it affects people, how it may be treated and what young people with this condition can do to stay well.  
    http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/blood/sickle_cell_anemia.html
    
    Extractions: Sickle cell anemia is a hereditary disorder that mostly affects people of African ancestry, but also occurs in other ethnic groups, including people who are of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern descent. More than 70,000 Americans have sickle cell anemia. And about 2 million Americans - and one in 12 African Americans - have sickle cell trait (this means they carry one gene for the disease, but do not have the disease itself). Sickle cell anemia occurs when a person inherits two abnormal genes (one from each parent) that cause their red blood cells to change shape. Instead of being flexible and round, these cells are more rigid and curved in the shape of the farm tool known as a sickle - that's where the disease gets its name. The shape is similar to a crescent moon. What Is Sickle Cell Anemia? Sickle cell anemia is a blood disorder that affects hemoglobin (pronounced: hee -muh-glow-bin), a protein found in red blood cells that helps carry oxygen throughout the body. Red blood cells with normal hemoglobin ( HbA ) move easily through the bloodstream, delivering oxygen to all of the cells of the body. Normal red blood cells are shaped like doughnuts with the centers partially scooped out and are soft and flexible.

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