Archived newsletters from the University of Rochester Sickle Cell Program

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• Survey of Newborns with Sickle Cell Disease, Birth Statistics, Camp Kope Schedule *View Newsletter
  
• Sickle Cell Disease Cured in Mice by Gene Therapy *View Newsletter
  
  
• Hydroxyurea - Effects on Growth and Development *View Newsletter
  
  
• Hydroxyurea *View Newsletter
  
  
• Two recent Papers on Successful Treatments for Sickle Cell Anemia.
  Bone Marrow Transplantation and Hydroxyurea Treatment. * View Newsletter

• 25 years of Newborn Screening for Sickle in NY State - some statistics. *View Newsletter
  
  
• New Pneumococcal Vaccine (PREVNAR) Indicated for Young Children with Sickle Cell Disease *View Newsletter
  
  
• Early Intervention Program Available for Children with Sickle Cell Disease; Influenza Vacine; Birth Statistics *View Newsletter

• Priapism: A Complication of Sickle Cell Disease *View Newsletter

• Summer Camp Established for Children with Sickle Cell *View Newsletter

• Hemoglobin E without Hemoglobin A: Establishing a Diagnosis is Important! *View Newsletter

• Transplantation for Sickle Cell Disease: Cord Blood as an Alternative to Marrow *View Newsletter

• Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography (TCD) *View Newsletter

• SE Disease Newborn; Summer Camps; Birth Statistics for HSA Region II NY State *View Newsletter

• First Bone Marrow Transplant for Sickle Cell Anemia at Strong Memorial Hospital *View Newsletter

• Nitric Oxide (NO) A role in Sickle Cell Disease? *View Newsletter

• RNA Repair: An Alternative Genetic Approach to Sickle Cell Disease Therapy * View Newsletter

• A Fast Moving Hemoglobin at Birth *View Newsletter

• Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) in Sickle Cell Disease* View Newsletter

• Stroke Prevention in Sickle Cell Patients
  Flu Shots Recommended for Sickle Cell Children *View Newsletter

• Strong Sickle Program . . . What We're About * View Newsletter

• Acute Chest Syndrome (ACS) in Sickle Cell Disease
  *View Newsletter

• Sickle Cell Disease:What to Expect in the First 10 Years
  Delayed Adolescent Growth *View Newsletter

• Differential Diagnosis of Hemoglobin S but no A at Birth.
  Misdiagnosis of Sickle beta⁺-thalassemia. *View Newsletter