title: Sickle cell disease--the American saga.
authors.affiliation: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS E-64, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. Asiddiqi@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Azfar-E-Alam
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Siddiqi
authors.forename: Lanetta B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: Christopher S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy*; D019468:Disease Management; D004907:Erythrocyte Deformability; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D011634:Public Health; D014481:United States