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Sickle-cell anemia
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Sickle cell anemia.
Achondroplasia is the medical term for a genetic disorder in which there is a lack of formation of cartilage, leading to abnormal bone growth and short stature.
sickle-cell disease
Sickle cell anemia causes sickle-shaped red blood cells. It is caused by a single base pair gene mutation.
sickle cell anemia. If you are only heterozygous for this disease it is simply called sickle trait.
Methanoglobnemia is mispelled, it's actually methemoglobinemia Methemoglobinemia is a blood disorder in which an abnormal amount of methemoglobin -- a form of hemoglobin -- is produced. Hemoglobin is the molecule in red blood cells that distributes oxygen to the body. Methemoglobin cannot release oxygen. In methemoglobinemia, the hemoglobin is unable to release oxygen effectively to body tissues.
Thalassemia is a blood disorder that is passed down through families or inherited and it involves the body making an abnormal form of the hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that usually carries oxygen.
disorder due to less hemoglobin
Anemia is a deficiency in the amount of hemoglobin in the blood.