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What is the medical term meaning genetic disorder that causes red blood cells to assume an unusual shape and produce abnormal hemoglobin proteins?
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sickle-cell disease
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Is hemophilia a genetic disorder in which an abnormal form of hemoglobin is produced?
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Which genetic disorder causes the formation of abnormal hemoglobin which results in severe pain due to obstructed blood vessels?
sickle cell anemia
Is a genetic disorder characterized by production of abnormal hemoglobin?
Sickle cell anemia.
What is a genetic disorder that causes abnormal hemoglobin?
Sickle cell anemia causes sickle-shaped red blood cells. It is caused by a single base pair gene mutation.
What is the word for the genetic disorder that causes abnormal hemoglobin is known as?
sickle cell anemia. If you are only heterozygous for this disease it is simply called sickle trait.
An abnormal condition that a person inherits through genes or chromosomes is a?
An abnormal condition that a person inherits through the chromosomes or genes is a genetic disorder.
What are hemoglobinopathies?
There are two categories of hemoglobinopathy. In the first category, abnormal globin chains give rise to abnormal hemoglobin molecules. In the second category, normal hemoglobin chains are produced but in abnormal amounts.
What genetic disorder results in protein abnormalities?
All genetic disorders affect the structure of proteins.
Difference between thalassemia and sickle cell anemia?
Thalassemia is a genetic disorder as a result of an imbalance in the hemoglobin. In sickle cell, also a genetic disorder, the mutation cause a crescent shaped molecule.
What is thalesemia?
An inherited disorder that interferes with the normal production of hemoglobin
What is a genetic disorder in which blood clotting proteins are defective causing excessive bleeding after minor injuries?
Hemophilia
What isa genetic disorder?
A genetic disorder is an abnormal condition that a person inherits through genes or chromosomes. an example is autism. human being
