Sickle-cell Anemia at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Sickle-cell Anemia? An inherited, potentially lethal disease in which a defect in hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying pigment in the blood, causes distortion (sickling) and loss of red blood cells, producing damage to organs throughout the body.

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