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FALCIFORMATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blood
DEF

The development of sickle cells in the blood, as in sickle cell anemia.

Key term(s)
  • sickling disorder

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sang
CONT

[L']anémie à hématie falciforme est une maladie héréditaire due à la présence d'une hémoglobine anormale S dans le globule rouge. Au cours de l'appauvrissement de l'organisme en oxygène, cette hémoglobine S devenue fibreuse durcit dans un certain nombre de globules rouges auxquels elle donne la forme d'une faucille : c'est la falciformation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sangre
PHR

Falciformación de los hematíes.

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