"Hemoglobin, Sickle" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An abnormal hemoglobin resulting from the substitution of valine for glutamic acid at position 6 of the beta chain of the globin moiety. The heterozygous state results in sickle cell trait, the homozygous in sickle cell anemia.
| Descriptor ID |
D006451
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.400.463.588 D12.776.422.316.762.426.588
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| Concept/Terms |
Deoxyhemoglobin S- Deoxyhemoglobin S
- Deoxygenated Sickle Hemoglobin
- Hemoglobin, Deoxygenated Sickle
- Sickle Hemoglobin, Deoxygenated
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hemoglobin, Sickle" by people in Profiles.
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Red blood cell exchange in patients with sickle cell disease-indications and management: a review and consensus report by the therapeutic apheresis subsection of the AABB. Transfusion. 2018 08; 58(8):1965-1972.