title: Sickle cell disease: an overview.
authors.affiliation: Sickle Cell Disease Branch, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Gaston
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history / Q000503:physiopathology; D001775:Blood Circulation; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002648:Child; D004913:Erythrocytes, Abnormal / Q000503:physiopathology; D006450:Hemoglobin SC Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006451:Hemoglobin, Sickle / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D006451:Hemoglobin, Sickle