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What protein does does sickle-cell anemia affect?

Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells.


What are some red blood cell diseases?

Sickle cell disease is one of many diseases of the red blood cell.


What does the flattened shape of a red blood cell?

sickle cell disease


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


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 does the flattened shape of a red blood cell tells you?

sickle-cell disease


What cells are affected by sickle cell?

Red blood cells.


What is sicle cell?

I think you mean sickle cell diseaase. Here is some more information for you that will answer your question better than I can: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sickle_cell_disease In short, sickle cell disease is a blood disorder of the red blood cells. Basically, the red blood cells have an abnormal, rigid, sickle shape (hence the name sickle cell disease).


Is sickle cell anemia a type of poikilocytosis?

Yes, sickle cell anemia is a type of poikilocytosis, which is a condition characterized by the presence of abnormally shaped red blood cells in the bloodstream. In sickle cell anemia, the red blood cells are crescent or sickle-shaped due to a genetic mutation in the hemoglobin protein.


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.


What is an inherited feature of a red blood cell associated with disease?

sickle cell anemia


What is the wellness of sickle cell?

it has to do with inherited blood disorder that affects red blood sells