Sickle Cell Disease - Types
When a person has two hemoglobin S genes (hemoglobin SS), the disease is called sickle cell anemia. This is the most common and often most severe type of sickle cell disease. Hemoglobin SC disease and hemoglobin S? thalassemia are two other common types of sickle cell disease. Hemoglobin SD and hemoglobin SE are much less common.
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- SourceUrl: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/subscribe/80233
- Syndication ID: 18036
- Language: English
- Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Date Syndication Captured: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at 07:28 PM
- Date Syndication Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 01:45 AM
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sickle cell anemia
hemoglobin s
sickling disorder due to hemoglobin s
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