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Meanings of drepanocytic anemia in English
Portuguese
anemia falciforme A congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape.
Synonyms
Examples for "sickle-cell anemia"
Examples for "sickle-cell anemia"
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Tells of advances in the area of hemoglobin disorders, including sickle-cell anemia.
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Cancer, heart disease, cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell anemia, all have been effectively eliminated.
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Jaenisch's highly cited research looks at using iPS cells to study Parkinson's disease, sickle-cell anemia and other conditions.
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You can live perfectly well without a spleen, and people who survive car crashes or have sickle-cell anemia frequently do.
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Conclusion: A new parvovirus B19 strain of genotype1 was detected in four Tunisian patients with sickle-cell anemia.
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She was diagnosed with sickle-cell anaemia and has been receiving treatment at Our Lady's Children's Hospital.
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She was diagnosed with sickle-cell anaemia while here and has been receiving treatment at Our Lady's Children's Hospital.
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A well-known example in humans is the genetic defence against malaria, which has sickle-cell anaemia as an associated effect.
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Broderick said that may be due to dehydration among people with sickle-cell disease.
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More work is needed to develop effective treatments that specifically target pathophysiological changes and clinical complications of sickle-cell disease.
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Previous studies have linked priapism to sickle-cell disease, as well as to illegal drug abuse and use of erectile dysfunction treatments.
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But the high proportion of patients identified as having sickle-cell disease, according to Broderick, suggests sickle-cell is the main driver of priapism.
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Sickle-cell disease is most common among people of African, especially West African, descent.