Sickle Cell Anemia Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Sickle Cell Anemia, including details on genetics, causes, symptoms.

Volume 6 (2011), Issue 5 (May)

1. Higher rates of hemolysis are not associated with albuminuria in Jamaicans with sickle cell disease.
   PLoS One, 6(4): e18863. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Rapid and reliable β-globin gene cluster haplotyping of sickle cell disease patients by FRET Light Cycler and HRM assays.
   Clin Chim Acta, 412(13): 1257-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Autonomic nervous system reactivity: children with and without sickle cell disease.
   Nurs Res, 60(3): 197-207. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Increased clearance of morphine in sickle cell disease: implications for pain management.
   J Pain, 12(5): 531-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. A pilot study of the short-term use of simvastatin in sickle cell disease: effects on markers of vascular dysfunction.
   Br J Haematol, 153(5): 655-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Somatic symptom burden in adults with sickle cell disease predicts pain, depression, anxiety, health care utilization, and quality of life: the PiSCES project.
   Psychosomatics, 52(3): 272-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. The association between hydroxyurea treatment and pain intensity, analgesic use, and utilization in ambulatory sickle cell anemia patients.
   Pain Med, 12(5): 697-705. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Ala-9Val polymorphism of Mn-SOD gene in sickle cell anemia.
   Genet Mol Res, 10(2): 828-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Hydroxycarbamide in very young children with sickle-cell anaemia: a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial (BABY HUG).
   Lancet, 377(9778): 1663-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Nitric oxide reduces sickle hemoglobin polymerization: potential role of nitric oxide-induced charge alteration in depolymerization.
    Arch Biochem Biophys, 510(1): 53-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Pharmacoeconomic considerations in treating iron overload in patients with β-thalassaemia, sickle cell disease and myelodysplastic syndromes in the US: a literature review.
    Pharmacoeconomics, 29(6): 461-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Live birth after allografting of ovarian cortex between genetically non-identical sisters.
    Hum Reprod, 26(6): 1384-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Oxidative stress in sickle cell disease; pathophysiology and potential implications for disease management.
    Am J Hematol, 86(6): 484-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. How I treat acute chest syndrome in children with sickle cell disease.
    Blood, 117(20): 5297-305. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. The risk of going abroad in sickle cell disease: a study of 148 adults.
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 105(6): 310-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Abdominal ultrasound with scintigraphic and clinical correlates in infants with sickle cell anemia: baseline data from the BABY HUG trial.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 196(6): 1399-404. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. A prospective diary study of stuttering priapism in adolescents and young men with sickle cell anemia: report of an international randomized control trial--the priapism in sickle cell study.
    J Androl, 32(4): 375-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Central macular splaying and outer retinal thinning in asymptomatic sickle cell patients by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.
    Am J Ophthalmol, 151(6): 990-994.e1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Asthma in sickle cell disease.
    ScientificWorldJournal, 11: 1138-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Epidemiology of sickle cell disease in Saudi Arabia.
    Ann Saudi Med, 31(3): 289-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Six-year outcome of the national premarital screening and genetic counseling program for sickle cell disease and β-thalassemia in Saudi Arabia.
    Ann Saudi Med, 31(3): 229-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Ancestry of African Americans with sickle cell disease.
    Blood Cells Mol Dis, 47(1): 41-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Relationship between oxidative stress, glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms and hydroxyurea treatment in sickle cell anemia.
    Blood Cells Mol Dis, 47(1): 23-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Elevation of IgE in children with sickle cell disease is associated with doctor diagnosis of asthma and increased morbidity.
    J Allergy Clin Immunol, 127(6): 1440-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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