Sickle cell anemia/Definition

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A definition or brief description of 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. National Library of Medicine

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