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Sickle Cell Disease
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is an inherited blood disease which can cause pain, damage to vital organs, and in some cases, death in childhood or early adulthood. This disease affects a protein inside the red blood cells called hemoglobin. It occurs wherein a person inherits two sickle cell genes or a combination of one sickl ....
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....leading cause of death in children with sickle cell disease; however, early diagnosis and treatment can dramatically reduce the risk of infections and death that result from them.
In 1987, a National Institutes of Health panel recommended that all babies be screened at birth for sickle cell disease. All states now screen babies' blood for two or more inherited diseases, and the test for sickle cell disease is done using the same blood sample. To date, some 30 states are testing newborns for sic.... |
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