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AFFECTION HEMATIES FALCIFORMES [1 record]

Record 1 2024-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Genetics
  • Blood
DEF

Any of the diseases associated with the presence of hemoglobin S and sickle cells ...

OBS

[It includes] sickle cell anemia, sickle cell-hemoglobin C disease, sickle cell-hemoglobin D disease, and sickle cell-thalassemia disease.

Key term(s)
  • sickle-cell disease

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Génétique
  • Sang
CONT

Les altérations cellulaires sont une constante de la maladie drépanocytaire. En effet, dans sa forme désoxygénée l'HbS [hémoglobine S] polymérise et déforme le globule rouge qui devient fragile et rigide. Ce dernier prend alors la forme d’une faucille d'où le nom de falciformation donné à ce phénomène.

Spanish

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