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DOID:10923 - sickle cell anemia


Disease Ontology Definition: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.

Synonyms: Hb SC disease, Hb-S/Hb-C disease, Hb-SS disease without crisis, Hemoglobin S disease without crisis, Hemoglobin S disease without crisis (disorder), Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease without crisis, drepanocytosis, haemoglobin SC disease, hemoglobin SC disease, sickle cell anaemia,

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Other Model Organisms: AGR, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD

Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee
Parent(s): autosomal recessive disease (is_a), blood protein disease (is_a)