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Why is the erythrocyte sedimentation rate low with sickle cell anemia patients?
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∙ 16y ago
because the sickle cell has small surface. and the ESR is proportional to surface area of red blood cell.
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What effect does sickle cell anemia have on the sedimentation rate?
Describe the effect that sickle cell anemia has on the sedimentation rate!
What are the two mechanisms that contribute to anemia in patients with sickle cell disease?
hemolytic anemia and bone marrow
Which form of anemia is a genetic disorder?
It sounds like you are looking for Sickle Cell Anemia.
How do you ge sickle cell anemia?
You get Sickle-Cell Anemia by Birth,it is a genetic disorder.
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
What is the medical term meaning erythrocyte with an irregular shape?
Sickle Cell Anemia is a genetic disease where the red blood cell (erythrocyte) takes on a sickle or crescent shape instead of the normal biconcave disk. Whereas the normal RBC is flexible and can easily travel through tight places in the joints, the sickle cell has no "give" and will bunch up in those same tight places causing inflammation, pain and heat.
Is Sickle cell anemia genetic?
Yes, Sickle Cell Anemia is in fact a genetic disorder.
Is sickle cell anemia a point mutation?
An example of point-mutation is sickle-cell anemia. Sickle-cell disease 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.
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.
Sickle-cell anemia is an example of a point-mutation?
An example of point-mutation is sickle-cell anemia. Sickle-cell disease is hereditary.
