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Red Blood Cells. It is called
sickle cell because some of the red blood cells
are long and shaped like sickles. Although sickle
cell disease primarily affects African Americans,
it is also found in Hispanics, Italians, Greeks and
people of Mediterranean descent.
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What is a genetic autoimmune difficiency in which blood cells look like a sickle It is not sickle cell anemia?
sickle cell anemia
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
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 type of anemia is inherited malformation of the red blood cells?
sickle cell anemia
What is a blood disease that starts with a s?
Sickle Cell Anemia
What genetic disorder results in abnormally shaped blood?
Spherocytosis
What protein does does sickle-cell anemia affect?
Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells.
Why do people of Mediterranean and African decent have sickle cell anemia?
Sickle cell anemia is a inherited blood disorder. This means everyone who has sickle cell has inherited it from their parents. With this in mind it means there was a key ancestor in Africa or the Mediterranean who had the first sickle cell anemia and passed it on to their descendants.
What part of blood is needed for people with sickle cell anemia?
Your head
What are two inherited blood disease?
Thalassemia and sickle cell anemia.
How does Sickle cell anemia affect the body?
it blocks other blood cells
What genetic disorders results in abnormally shaped blood cells?
Spherocytosis
