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sickle cell disease

Variant of sickle cell anemia

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an inherited chronic anemia found chiefly among blacks, characterized by an abnormal red blood cell () containing a defective form of hemoglobin that causes the cell to become sickle-shaped when deprived of oxygen

also sickle cell disease

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