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If a child is diagnosed with sickle cell anemia what does that mean?
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∙ 13y ago
that means that instead of the child's blood cells being circular, they would be cresant shaped and is inherited by gene of one of the parents.
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∙ 13y ago
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Can child be born with sickle cell if one parent is sickle cell carrier and another is normal?
A child has to receive the gene from both parents to heve sickle cell anemia. if only one parent passes on the gene, then the child will have sickle cell trait, but no symptoms of sickle cell anemia.
When was sickle cell anemia discovered?
Sickle cell anemia was discovered in the 1870's and carried many names, but 1922 it was officially named sickle cell anemia.
Is sickle cell anemia a type of poikilocytosis?
Yes, drepanocytosis(sickle cell anemia) is a type of poikilocytosis.
Is sickle cell anemia x-chromosome or non x-chromosome?
Sickle cell anemia is not sex linked.
You have sickle cell anemia what will folic acid do for your sickle cell anemia?
ITS GOOD 4 UR SICKLE CELL! When you have sickle cell, your body looses cells. Folic acid helps to create new cells.
Who on TLC was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia?
T- Boz
Can child be born with sickle cell if one parent is sickle cell carrier and another is normal?
A child has to receive the gene from both parents to heve sickle cell anemia. if only one parent passes on the gene, then the child will have sickle cell trait, but no symptoms of sickle cell anemia.
How do you know when you have sickle cell anemia?
When you have been diagnosed with it by a medical doctor by lab testing.
Is sickle cell an dominant or recessive?
Sickle cell anemia is an autosomal recessive disorder. It can result from two carriers having a child together.
How do you ge sickle cell anemia?
You get Sickle-Cell Anemia by Birth,it is a genetic disorder.
Is sickle cell anemia a point mutation?
An example of point-mutation is sickle-cell anemia. Sickle-cell disease is hereditary.
Is sickle cell anemia recessive or dominant?
Sickle cell anemia is an autosomal recessive disease. Carriers have sickle cell trait, which confers resistance to malaria.
Is Sickle cell anemia genetic?
Yes, Sickle Cell Anemia is in fact a genetic disorder.
Sickle-cell anemia is an example of a point-mutation?
An example of point-mutation is sickle-cell anemia. Sickle-cell disease is hereditary.
What is a genetic autoimmune difficiency in which blood cells look like a sickle It is not sickle cell anemia?
sickle cell anemia
Is sickle cells disease hereditary?
Sickle cell anemia -yes it is hereditary
When was sickle cell anemia discovered?
Sickle cell anemia was discovered in the 1870's and carried many names, but 1922 it was officially named sickle cell anemia.
