sickle cell anemia (DOID:10923)
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Synonyms: drepanocytosis; haemoglobin SC disease; Hb SC disease; Hb-S/Hb-C disease; Hb-SS disease without crisis; Hemoglobin S disease without crisis; hemoglobin SC disease; sickle cell anaemia; Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease without crisis
Alt IDs: OMIM:603903, DOID:12924, DOID:13024, ICD10CM:D57.1, ICD10CM:D57.2, ICD9CM_2006:282.63, ICD9CM:282.6, ICD9CM:282.60, ICD9CM:282.63, MESH:D000755, MESH:D006450, NCI:C34383, NCI:C34676, ORDO:232, UMLS_CUI:C0002895, UMLS_CUI:C0019034
Definition: A blood protein disease that is characterized by low number of red blood cells, repeated infections, and periodic episodes of pain, resulting from atypical hemoglobin molecules called hemoglobin S, which can distort red blood cells into a sickle, or crescent, shape.