Anemias

Below you will find a collection of articles from Hematology, the ASH Education Program Book, written by experts in the field about current treatments for various types of anemia. To learn about the disorder’s symptoms and causes, please see our general information page on anemia, as well as our page about anemia in older adults and in pregnant women. A number of links to organizations that inform and support anemia patients and their families are also available. Additional information about a specific type of anemia, sickle cell disease, can also be found on this Web site.

Aplastic Anemia

• Aplastic Anemia: Pathogenesis and Treatment (2007)
• The Hematologist and Radiation Casualties (2003)

Hemolytic Anemia

• Drug-Induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia (2009)
• Immune Hemolytic Anemia - Selected Topics (2009)
• Malaria, Erythrocytic Infection, and Anemia (2009)
• Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Moving Target (2006)
• Red Cell Membrane Disorders - Hereditary Spherocytosis and Elliptocytosis (2005)
• Red Cell Enzymes - Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency, G6PD Deficiency, etc. (2005)

Hemoglobinopathies

Sickle Cell Disease

• Asthma and Sickle Cell Disease: Two Distinct Diseases or Part of the Same Process? (2009)
• Novel Therapies in Sickle Cell Disease (2009)
• Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Transfer for the Treatment of Hemoglobin Disorders (2009)
• Advances in the Use of Hydroxyurea (2009)
• Current and Future Therapies of Sickle Cell Anemia: An Historical Perspective (2008)
• Pain Management in Sickle Cell disease: Palliative Care Begins at Birth? (2008)
• Mechanisms of Vasculopathy in Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia (2008)
• Novel Small Molecule Therapeutics for Sickle Cell Disease: Nitric Oxide, Carbon Monoxide, Nitrite, and Apolipoprotein A-I (2008)
• Gene Replacement Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease and Other Blood Disorders (2008)
• Role of Adhesion Molecules and Vascular Endothelium in the Pathogenesis of Sickle Cell Disease (2007)
• Hypercoagulability in Sickle Cell Disease: New Approaches to an Old Problem (2007)
• Current Issues in Sickle Cell Pain and Its Management (2007)
• Coagulation in the Pathophysiology of Hemolytic Anemias (2007)
• Reduced-Intensity Regimens in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Hemoglobinopathies (2006)
• Red Cell Exchange in Sickle Cell Disease (2006)
• Prevention and Management of Stroke in Sickle Cell Anemia (2006)

Thalassemia

• Newborn Screening for Non-Sickling Hemoglobinopathies (2009)
• Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Transfer for the Treatment of Hemoglobin Disorders (2009)
• Alpha Thalassemia Major - New Mutations, Intrauterine Management, and Outcomes (2009)
• Hb H Disease: Clinical Course and Disease Modifiers (2009)
• Newborn Screening for Non-Sickling Hemoglobinopathies (2009)
• Coagulation in the Pathophysiology of Hemolytic Anemias (2007)
• Pathophysiology of ß Thalassemia-A Guide to Molecular Therapies (2005)
• Fetal Globin Induction-Can It Cure ß Thalassemia? (2005)
• Gene Therapy for ß-Thalassemia (2005)

Hemoglobin E

• Newborn Screening for Non-Sickling Hemoglobinopathies (2009)
• Hemoglobin E Syndromes (2007)
• Reduced-Intensity Regimens in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Hemoglobinopathies (2006)

Thrombocytopenia

• Coagulation in the Pathophysiology of Hemolytic Anemias (2007)

Porphyrias

• Neurovisceral Porphyrias: What a Hematologist Needs to Know (2005)

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