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Article: Urban Perspective: Informing Blacks About Sickle Cell Disease
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- Los Angeles Sentinel
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- October 31, 1996
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Larry Aubry
Los Angeles Sentinel
10-31-1996
URBAN PERSPECTIVE: Informing Blacks About Sickle Cell Disease.
Sickle cell disease is, of course, most prevalent among blacks in the United States. About one in every five hundred inherits the disease. Despite this high incidence of occurrence, however, African Americans are not well-informed of the disease, its implications, or the need for community education and participation in support of its victims.
Today's column will provide a brief overview of of sickle cell disease and its treatment possibilities. In addition, an introduction to the Sickle Cell Disease Research Foundation, the local agency which deals directly with patients and their ...