Barbara L. Kroner

1 INTRODUCTION Sickle cell disease (SCD) results from the inheritance of two mutated β-globin genes, one from each parent. SCD is a broad term describing a group of inherited multisystemic diseases including Hb SS, or sickle cell anemia (SCA), HbSC, and HbSβ-thalassemia.

RESEARCH ARTICLE Barbara L. Kroner PhD, MPH, Barbara L. Kroner PhD, MPH orcid.org/0000-0001-6985-8222 Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC Search for more papers by this author Jane S. Hankins MD, MS, Jane S.

Publication HistoryPublished online: September 05, 2018Accepted: July 12, 2018; Received in revised form: June 18, 2018; Received: March 30, 2018;