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What is sickle cell in white people called?

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What is the sickle cell trait of sickle cell anemia?

The sickle cell trait is that you dont have the whole thing you have half of it which is called the trait


High white blood cell count is called?

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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.


How is sickle cell diagnosed?

Sickle cell is diagnosed by a simple blood test called hemoglobin electrophoresis. This analyzes the blood and points out abnormal cells.


What is the name of the condition of one sickle cell gene and one normal hemoglobin gene?

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what if the father has sickle trait, does that mean the baby will have it?

If one parent has sickle cell trait and the other parent has the normal type of hemoglobin, there is a 50% (1 in 2) chance with EACH pregnancy that the baby will be born with sickle cell trait.


The What inherited disease in which red blood cells are sickle shaped instead of disc shaped is called?

Sickle-cell anemia.


What is sickle cell disease?

Sickle cell anemia is a disease passed down through families in which red blood cells form an abnormal crescent shape. It is also called sickle cell anemia.


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 the same as sickle cell diseases?

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Is the fetus at risk of sickle cell if the father has sickle cell?

Yes.