anaemia, anemia
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Anemias
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eosinophilia
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paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
22 November 2004PNH
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sickle cell disease
31 May 2003Sickle cell anemia lesions in liver, sickle cell hemoglobinopathy, HbS, Sickle cell disease, sickle cell trait ; sickle cell anemia ; SCD
Definition: Sickle cell anemia is caused by substitution of normal hemoglobin (HbA) by hemoglobin S (HbS). When an individual is homozygous for the mutant gene, all the hemoglobin is of the abnormal, HbS, type, and even with normal saturation of oxygen, the disorder is fully expressed (i.e., sickling deformity of all red cells and hemolytic anemia). (...)