sickle-cell anaemia

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sickle-cell anaemia

(Pathology) a hereditary haemolytic anaemia, occurring in Black populations, and caused by mutant haemoglobin. The red blood cells become sickle-shaped. It is characterized by fever, abdominal pain, jaundice, leg ulcers, etc

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sickle-cell anaemia - a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape

crescent-cell anaemia, crescent-cell anemia, drepanocytic anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell disease

monogenic disease, monogenic disorder - an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes

anemia, anaemia - a deficiency of red blood cells

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sickle-cell anaemia

sickle-cell anemia (US) [ˈsɪklˌseləˈniːmɪə] N → anemia f de células falciformes, drepanocitosis f

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sickle-cell anaemia

, (US) sickle-cell anemia

n → Sichelzellenanämie f

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sickle-cell anaemia

[ˌsɪklsɛləˈniːmɪə] n → anemia falciforme

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Sickle-cell anaemia is an inherited condition caused by an abnormal form of haemoglobin in the blood and is more common in people of African descent.

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There are, however, no firm data on the survival of patients with sickle-cell anaemia on the African continent.

SEROPREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS ANTIBODY IN SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA PATIENTS IN BENIN-CITY, NIGERIA

STAFF at a government health centre have been accused of negligence after allegedly failing to properly diagnose a woman who later died of sickle-cell anaemia. Ali Ahmed Nasser said his wife Satika Abdulwahab was not referred to Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC) in time, despite having low blood pressure.