Sickle cell disease

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Sickle cell disease is much more common in certain ethnic groups, affecting approximately one out of every 500 African Americans.
Sickle cell disease is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner and therefore, either two copies of the (Hb S) variant or one copy of the (Hb S) variant plus one copy of another beta globin variant (such as Hb C) are required to express the disease.
6 Sickle-shaped red blood cells Sickle cell disease is a general term for a group of genetic disorders caused by sickle hemoglobin (Hgb S).
Sickle cell disease is a term for hemoglobin disorders characterized by the predominate production of hemoglobin S.
Sickle cell disease is an inherited disease - meaning it is passed by parents to their children.

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