• Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for sickle cell disease: the time is now
  Blood  2011; 118 (5): 1197-207 
• Chelation treatment in sickle-cell-anaemia: much ado about nothing?
  Br J Haematol  2011; 154 (5): 545-55 
• Transcriptional regulation of fetal to adult hemoglobin switching: new therapeutic opportunities
  Blood 14 Apr 2011; 117 (15): 3945-53 

• Complications in sickle cell disease
  Dr. Claire Sharpe, King's College London School of Medicine
  
• Animal models for new and therapeutic approaches to sickle cell disease
  Lucia de Franceschi, Department of Medicine, University of Verona and AOUI; Verona; Italy
  
• Current and emerging indications for hydroxyurea therapy in b -haemoglobin disorders
  Mariane de Montalembert, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades. Centre de référence de la drépanocytose. Université Paris Descartes, France.
  

• Nature Genetics
• Journal of Clinical Investigation
• Blood
• Haematologica
• British Journal of Haematology
• American Journal of Hematology
• Annals of Hematology
• Hemoglobin

Current clinical guidelines.

• Italian Society of Hematology practice guidelines for the management of iron overload in thalassemia major and related disorders
  Italian Society of Hematology
  Haematologica May 2008; 93 (5): 741-52
• Guidelines for the diagnosis, investigation and management of polycythaemia/erythrocytosis.
  The General Haematology Task Force of the British Committee for Standards in Haematology.
  British Journal of Haematology 2005: 130; 174-95.
• Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hereditary spherocytosis
  BCSH
  British Journal of Haematology 2004; 126: 455 -474.

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