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Sickle cell syndromes
1 What is sickle cell disease? Sickle cell disease is an autosomal recessive inherited blood disorder caused by mutation in the ß-globin gene resulting in production of an abnormal hemoglobin (Hb), hemoglobin S (HbS), which polymerizes under deoxygenated conditions leading…