about Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease (also called sickle cell anemia) is a blood disorder that is inherited. It is a condition that affects mostly people of African descent, however, it also develops in other ethnic groups…
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Fanconi Anemia
Fanconi Anemia is one of those rare conditions that you don’t hear about until it affects you or someone you know. Fanconi anemia is a complex inherited blood disorder that is a member of the aplastic anemia family. Though rare, it is the most common of …
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Sickle Cell Anemia
Sickle cell anemia also referred to as sickle cell disease, is an inherited blood disorder known as an autosomal recessive genetic blood disorder. This means that in order to develop sickle cell anemia you have to inherit two abnormal genes, one from each parent. Sickle cell anemis is the most common of the inherited blood disorders…
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