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∙ 11y agoSickle cell anemia is a blood disorder characterized primarily episodes of pain. Sickle-cell anaemia is a form of sickle-cell disease in which there is homozygosity for the mutation that causes HbS.
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What type of science is sickle cell disease?
Biology.
How does sickle-cell trait differ from sickle-cell disease?
in sickle cell trait you don't actually have the disease. you are only able to pass the disease to your kids if you marry a person with sickle cell or that also has the trait. sickle cell disease is when you actually have the disease. you can pass it to your kids if you marry someone with the trait or the disease. if you marry someone without a trait or disease then your kids will most likely have the trait.
Sickle cell anaemia IS a disease of the leucocytes?
No, sickle cell anemia is a disease of the hemocytes, the red blood cells. Leucocytes are one type of white blood cell.
What type of mutation causes sickle cell anemia?
Sickle-cell disease (SCD), or sickle-cell anaemia or drepanocytosis, is an autosomal co-dominant genetic blood disorder characterized by red blood cells that assume an abnormal, rigid, sickle shape.
What is a type of red blood cell disorder?
its optional hemophilia or sickle cell anaemia
What type of chromosomal disorder causes sickle cell anemia?
on the short arm of chromosome 11
What are recessive genetic disorder?
When a genetic disorder is recessive, that means that two copies of the gene are necessary to have the trait or disorder. One is inherited from the mother, and one from the father. Disorders of this type include: cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, and Tay-Sachs disease.
What type of anemia is a genetic disease typically found among people of African descent?
the disease is sickle cell
What are recessive disorders?
When a genetic disorder is recessive, that means that two copies of the gene are necessary to have the trait or disorder. One is inherited from the mother, and one from the father. Disorders of this type include: cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, and Tay-Sachs disease.
What type of anemia is a genetic disease commonly found among of Africa descent?
Sickle cell anemia
Is sickle cell anemia a type of poikilocytosis?
Yes, drepanocytosis(sickle cell anemia) is a type of poikilocytosis.
What type of anemia is a genetic disease commonly found among people of African descent?
Sickle cell anemia.
