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 Updates from National SCDAA


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Research About Sickle Cell Disease    

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about sickle cell disease (SCD) and how it affects families.

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Recent Articles About Treatment of Sickle Cell ​Disease



Management of Sickle Cell Disease:

Summary of the 2014 Evidence-Based Report


​Hydroxyurea for Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease 




 U. S. Department of Health and Human Services Publication - September 2010

Century of Progress: Milestones in Sickle Cell Disease Research and Care

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/files/docs/public/blood/Tagged2NHLBISickleCellTimeline.pdf



Research Study - 2017

Psychological Characteristics and Pain Frequency Are Associated with Experimental Pain Sensitivity in Pediatric Patients with Sickle Cell Disease

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1526590017305990




Research Article - 1994​

Motherhood and the Obfuscation of Medical Knowledge

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/089124394008001003