Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource

Last uploaded: July 19, 2024
Id http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_10923
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_10923
Preferred Name

sickle cell anemia

Definitions
A blood protein disease that is characterized by low number of red blood cells, repeated infections, and periodic episodes of pain, resulting from atypical hemoglobin molecules called hemoglobin S, which can distort red blood cells into a sickle, or crescent, shape. A sickle cell disease that is characterized by the replacement of both of the beta-globin subunits in hemoglobin with hemoglobin S, resulting in a low number of red blood cells, repeated infections, and periodic episodes of pain. OMIM mapping confirmed by DO. [LS].
Synonyms
Hb-S/Hb-C disease
Hemoglobin S disease without crisis
Hb-SS disease without crisis
hemoglobin SC disease
Hb SC disease
haemoglobin SC disease
sickle cell anaemia
drepanocytosis
HbSS disease
homozygous sickle cell disease
Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease without crisis
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