TY - CHAP AU - Thais Regina Ferreira de Melo AU - Lucas dos Reis Ercolin AU - Rafael Consolin Chelucci AU - Aylime Castanho Bolognesi Melchior AU - Carolina Lanaro AU - Chung Man Chin AU - Jean Leandro dos Santos ED - Anjana Munshi Y1 - 2015-11-11 PY - 2015 T1 - Sickle Cell Disease – Current Treatment and New Therapeutical Approaches N2 - The book, Inherited Hemoglobin Disorders, describes the genetic defects of hemoglobins, disease complications, and therapeutic strategies. This book has two distinct sections. The first theme includes seven chapters devoted to the types of hemoglobinopathies, mutation spectrum, diagnostic methods, and disease complications, and the second theme includes three chapters focusing on various treatment strategies. The content of the chapters presented in the book is guided by the knowledge and experience of the contributing authors. This book serves as an important resource and review to the researchers in the field of hemoglobinopathies. BT - Inherited Hemoglobin Disorders SP - Ch. 9 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/60515 DO - 10.5772/60515 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-05-04 ER -