Sickle cell anemia
Introduction: Sickle cell anemia
Description of Sickle cell anemia
Sickle cell anemia (medical condition):
Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disorder...more »
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Sickle Cell Anemia:
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Sickle cell anemia: a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape.
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Sickle cell anemia: A disease characterized by chronic hemolytic anemia, episodic painful crises, and pathologic involvement of many organs. It is the clinical expression of homozygosity for hemoglobin S.
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Sickle cell anemia: disease characterized by chronic hemolytic anemia, episodic painful crises, and pathologic involvement of many organs; the clinical expression of homozygosity for hemoglobin S.
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Sickle cell anemia: Rare Disease
Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Sickle cell anemia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Sickle cell anemia, or a subtype of Sickle cell anemia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
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Ophanet
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Sickle cell anemia as a "rare disease".
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Sickle cell anemia as a Disease
Sickle cell anemia (medical condition): See Sickle Cell Anemia (disease information).
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Sickle cell anemia: Related Diseases
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Broader terms for Sickle cell anemia
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The term Sickle cell anemia can be used for:
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The description of Sickle cell anemia may also be used for the following terms:
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Hierarchical classifications of Sickle cell anemia
The following list attempts to classify Sickle cell anemia into categories where each line is subset of the next.
WordNet 2.1
- anaemia,anemia
- blood disease,blood disorder
- blood dyscrasia
- dyscrasia
- health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
- pathological state
- condition,status
- state
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External links related to: Sickle cell anemia
- OMIM - HEMOGLOBIN--BETA LOCUS; HBB
- Psychological therapies for sickle cell disease and pain (Cochrane Review)
- Sickle Cell Anemia - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
- Handbook of Ocular Disease Management - Sickle Cell Disease
- Treatments for priapism in boys and men with sickle cell disease (Cochrane Review)
- eMedicine - Sickle Cell Disease : Article by Hampton Roy, Sr, MD
- OMIM - SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
- eMedicine - Pediatrics, Sickle Cell Disease : Article by Nedra Dodds, MD
- Drugs for preventing red blood cell dehydration in people with sickle cell disease (Cochrane Review)
- Prophylactic antibiotics for preventing pneumococcal infection in children with sickle cell disease (Cochrane Review)
- eMedicine - Anemia, Sickle Cell : Article by Ali Taher, MD
- Pneumococcal vaccines for sickle cell disease (Cochrane Review)
- Blood transfusion for preventing stroke in people with sickle cell disease (Cochrane Review)
- Inhaled bronchodilators for acute chest syndrome in people with sickle cell disease (Cochrane Review)
- Hydroxyurea for sickle cell disease (Cochrane Review)
- Malaria chemoprophylaxis in sickle cell disease (Cochrane Review)
- Treatment for avascular necrosis of bone in people with sickle cell disease (Cochrane Review)
- eMedicine - Sickle Cell Anemia : Article by Ariel Distenfeld, MD
- eMedicine - Sickle Cell Anemia : Article by Charles Pegelow, MD†
- GeneReviews: Sickle Cell Disease
- Splenectomy versus conservative management for acute sequestration crises in people with sickle cell disease (Cochrane Review)
- Sickle cell anemia - Genetics Home Reference
- sickle cell anemia: bone manifestations
- Neonatal screening for sickle cell disease (Cochrane Review)
- eMedicine - Retinopathy, Hemoglobinopathies : Article by Brian A Phillpotts, MD
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