Sickle-cell disease

Sickle cells
Sickle-shaped red blood cells
ICD-10	D57
ICD-9	282.6
OMIM	603903
DiseasesDB	1206
MedlinePlus	000527
MeSH	C15.378.071.141.150.150

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2], Aarti Narayan, M.B.B.S [3], Shyam Patel [4]

Synonyms and keywords: Anemia-sickle cell; hemoglobin S disease; hemoglobin SS disease; Hb SS; sickle cell anemia; SCA; drepanocytosis

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