Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 16, Issue 1, Supplement , Pages S64-S67 , January 2010

Severe Sickle Cell Disease—Pathophysiology and Therapy

  • George Buchanan

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas, Texas
    • ,
  • Elliott Vichinsky

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland, Oakland, California
    • ,
  • Lakshmanan Krishnamurti

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Shalini Shenoy

      Affiliations

    • Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Shalini Shenoy, MD, Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children's Hospital, Box 8116, 1 Children's Place, St. Louis, MO 63110.

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 Financial disclosure: See Acknowledgments on page S66.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2009.10.001

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
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