Management and Therapy of Sickle Cell Disease

**Note: This Report is out-of-date and is available for historical reference only.

A clinical guide for health care professionals by a group of pediatricians, nurses, hematologists, and internists summarizes collective experiences with various therapeutic regimens. Updated to reflect recent advances and modifications in the clinical management of sickle cell disease as well as findings from the Preoperative Transfusion Study, the Prophylactic Penicillin Trial II, the Multicenter Hydroxyurea Study, and epidemiological data from the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease. NIH Publication No. 95-2117. 114 pages.

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