Publisher Description

"A subject collection from Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine."

Author Biography

Sir David John Weatherall, GBE, FRS (9 March 1933-8 December 2018) was a British physician and researcher in molecular genetics, haematology, pathology and clinical medicine.

Table of Contents

Contents Preface Hemoglobin and its Disorders: 150 Years of Study David J. Weatherall, Alan N. Schechter, and David G. Nathan Erythopoiesis: Development and Differentiation Elaine Dzierzak and Sjaak Philipsen Erythropoietin H. Franklin Bunn Evolution of Hemoglobin and its Genes Ross C. Hardison Transcriptional Mechanisms Underlying Hemoglobin Synthesis Koichi R. Katsumura, Andrew W. DeVilbiss, Nathaniel J. Pope, Kirby D. Johnson, and Emery H. Bresnick The Switch from Fetal to Adult Hemoglobin Vijay G. Sankaran and Stuart H. Orkin Iron Metabolism: Interactions with Normal and Disordered Erythropoiesis Tomas Ganz and Elizabeta Nemeth Erythroid Heme Biosynthesis and its Disorders Harry A. Dailey and Peter N. Meissner Classification of the Disorders of Hemoglobin Bernard G. Forget and H. Franklin Bunn World Distribution, Population Genetics, and Health Burden of the Hemoglobinopathies Thomas N. Williams and David J. Weatherall The Molecular Basis of Beta Thalassemia Swee Lay Thein The Molecular Basis of Alpha Thalassemia Douglas R. Higgs Pathophysiology and Clinical Manifestations of the ? Thalassemias Arthur W. Nienhuis and David G. Nathan ?-Thalassemia Intermedia: A Clinical Perspective Khaled M. Musallam, Ali T. Taher, and Eliezer A. Rachmilewitz The Hemoglobin E Thalassemias Suthat Fucharoen and David J. Weatherall Clinical Manifestations of Alpha Thalassemia Elliott P. Vichinsky Alpha Thalassemia, Mental Retardation, and Myelodysplastic Syndrome Richard J. Gibbons Management of the Thalassemias Nancy F. Olivieri and Gary M. Brittenham The Prevention of Thalassemia Antonio Cao and Yuet Wai Kan The Natural History of Sickle Cell Disease Graham R. Serjeant The Search for Genetic Modifiers of Disease Severity in the ?-Hemoglobinopathies Guillaume Lettre Current Management of Sickle Cell Anemia Patrick T. McGann, Alecia Nero, and Russell E. Ware Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Anemia Guido Lucarelli, Antonella Isgr

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