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Guideline for the management of acute and chronic pain in sickle cell disease (Clinical practice guideline; no. 1). Glenview (IL): American Pain Society; 1999. 

Hoffman R, Benz, EJ, editors.  Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice, 3rd edition. New York: Churchill-Livingston; 2000.  p. 524.

The Management of Sickle Cell Disease. National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.  NIH pub. 02-2117 revised June 2002.  Available from:  http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/blood/sickle/sc_mngt.pdf.

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Nathan, DG, Orkin, SH, et al., editors.  Nathan and Oski’s Hematology of Infancy and Childhood, 5th ed.  Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 1998. p. 789-90 and 1732-33.

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West DC, Romano PS, Azari R, Rudominer A, Holman M, Sandhu S. Impact of environmental tobacco smoke on children with sickle cell disease. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003 Dec;157(12):1197-201.

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Written and compiled by Kyla Boyse, R.N. and Brendan P. Kelly, M.D.  Reviewed by faculty and staff at the University of Michigan.

Updated November 2006


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