title: Sickle cell disease severity: an introduction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Augusta University, Augusta 30912, GA.
authors.forename: Betty S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Pace
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Department of Physiology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis 38163, TN sgoodma5@uthsc.edu.
authors.forename: Steven R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Goodman
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D005319:Fetal Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D006451:Hemoglobin, Sickle / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006918:Hydroxyurea / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D006451:Hemoglobin, Sickle; D005319:Fetal Hemoglobin; D006918:Hydroxyurea