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Red Blood Cells. It is called
sickle cell because some of the red blood cells
are long and shaped like sickles. Although sickle
cell disease primarily affects African Americans,
it is also found in Hispanics, Italians, Greeks and
people of Mediterranean descent.
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What is a genetic autoimmune difficiency in which blood cells look like a sickle It is not sickle cell anemia?
sickle cell anemia
What is an inherited autosomal recessive disorder of the blood where an individuals red blood cells are sickle shaped rather than disk shaped?
C. Sickle-cell anemia
What are abnormal crescent shaped BLOOD cell?
Sickle cells. Sickle cell anemia is the disease characterized by sickle-shaped blood cells.
What type of anemia is inherited malformation of the red blood cells?
sickle cell anemia
Does the environment play a role in sickle cell anemia?
no, sickle cell is an inherited blood disorder.
What is a blood disease that starts with a s?
Sickle Cell Anemia
What genetic disorder results in abnormally shaped blood?
Spherocytosis
What protein does does sickle-cell anemia affect?
Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells.
Why do people of Mediterranean and African decent have sickle cell anemia?
Sickle cell anemia is a inherited blood disorder. This means everyone who has sickle cell has inherited it from their parents. With this in mind it means there was a key ancestor in Africa or the Mediterranean who had the first sickle cell anemia and passed it on to their descendants.
What part of blood is needed for people with sickle cell anemia?
Your head
What are two inherited blood disease?
Thalassemia and sickle cell anemia.
What are the dangerous mutations that occur in sickle cell anemia?
Red blood cell changed due to sickle cell
