title: Jamaica, the Caribbean and sickle cell disease.
abstract: The development of research interests in sickle cell disease has been traced from the first recorded case, the founding of the University Hospital of the West Indies and the Jamaican Sickle Cell Unit with its influence on clinical practice in this disease worldwide.
authors.affiliation: Sickle Cell Trust (Jamaica), Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. grserjeant@cwjamaica.com
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Serjeant
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D007563:Jamaica / Q000453:epidemiology; D014900:West Indies