title: Sickle cell disease.
abstract: SCD is a major health problem requiring lifelong multidisciplinary care to manage the wide range of medical and social consequences. A number of new approaches offer the potential to have an impact on the natural history of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, North Middlesex Hospital, London.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yardumian
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Crawley
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D000986:Antisickling Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006918:Hydroxyurea / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000986:Antisickling Agents; D006918:Hydroxyurea