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Record 1 2005-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Blood
OBS

Said of a type of anemia

CONT

Sickel cell disease (drepanocytic anemia) is an hemolytic anemia with RBC assuming characteristic sickle cell shape (drepanocytes) due to abnormal B globin subunit (substitution of valine for glutamic acid at the 6th position from the N-terminus). Roughly 8% of American blacks are heterozygous for the trait.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Sang
DEF

Se dit d'une personne atteinte d'anémie falciforme (ou drépanocytose).

Spanish

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