Sickle Cell Anemia

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Sickle Cell Anemia (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

• Overviews
• Genetic Disease Profile: Sickle Cell Anemia (Dept. of Energy, Human Genome Project)
• Sickle Cell Anemia (Nemours Foundation)
• Sickle Cell Disease (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Sickle Cell Disease (Save Babies Through Screening)
• What Is Sickle Cell Disease? (Dolan DNA Learning Center)
• What Is Sickle Cell Disease? (Sickle Cell Disease Association of America)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Complete Blood Count (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)

• Treatment
• Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplantation (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Bone Marrow and Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplant (Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Grady Health System)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Anemia, Sickle Cell (National Institutes of Health)

• Specific Conditions
• High Blood Pressure in the Lungs a Major Risk for Death in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center)
• Sickle Cell Disease: Practical Tips for Preventing a Sickle Cell Crisis (American Academy of Family Physicians)

• Prevention/Screening
• Genetic Counseling (Nemours Foundation)
• Newborn Screening Tests (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Sickle Cell Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)

• Disease Management
• Pain Assessment and Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease (Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Grady Health System)

• Related Issues
• Frequently Asked Questions (Sickle Cell Disease Association of America)
• Who Is Affected? (Sickle Cell Disease Association of America)

• Research
• Exploring Important Medicinal Uses for Watermelon Rinds (Dept. of Agriculture)
• Exposure to Tobacco Smoke Harms Children with Sickle Cell Disease (Nemours Foundation)
• Hydroxyurea Therapy Improves Survival in Most Severely Affected Sickle Cell Patients (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Scientists Use Gene Therapy to Correct Sickle Cell Disease in Mice (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Sickle Cell Research for Treatment and Cure (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Links to PDF File - Large file

• Genetics
• Genetics Home Reference: Sickle cell anemia (National Library of Medicine)
• Child with Sickle Cell Disease-A Teaching Manual: Genetics (Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Grady Health System)
• Genes and Disease: Sickle Cell Anemia (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
• How Do People Get Sickle Cell Disease? (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital)
• Learning about Sickle Cell Disease (National Human Genome Research Institute)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Glossary (Sickle Cell Disease Association of America)

• Directories
• Sickle Cell Clinics, Contacts, and Resources (Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Grady Health System)

• Organizations
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• Save Babies Through Screening Foundation (Save Babies Through Screening)
• Sickle Cell Disease Association of America
• Sickle Cell Information Center (Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Grady Health System)

• Law and Policy
• Sickle Cell Disease: Americans with Disabilities Act (Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Grady Health System)

• Children
• Do You Know about Sickle Cell Anemia? (Nemours Foundation)
• Truth about Transfusions (Nemours Foundation)

• Teenagers
• Blood Transfusions (Nemours Foundation)
• Sickle Cell Anemia (Nemours Foundation)

• Other Languages
• Cartilha de Anemia Falciforme (Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Grady Health System)