A disease characterized by chronic hemolytic anemia, episodic painful crises, and pathologic involvement of many organs. It is the clinical expression of homozygosity for hemoglobin S.
Synonyms: Anemia, Sickle Cell, Sickle Cell Anemias, Cell Disease, Sickle, Cell Disorders, Sickle, HbS Disease, Anemias, Sickle Cell, Cell Diseases, Sickle, Sickle Cell Anemia, Sickling Disorder Due to Hemoglobin S, Disease, Hemoglobin S, Sickle Cell Disease, Hemoglobin S Disease, Sickle Cell Disorders, Cell Disorder, Sickle, Sickle Cell Diseases, Hemoglobin S Diseases, Sickle Cell Disorder
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PL 92-294: Natl Sickle Cell Anemia Control Act; sickle cell dis goes here unless specifically HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE or HEMOGLOBIN C DISEASE or SICKLE CELL TRAIT or THALASSEMIA; /drug ther: consider also ANTISICKLING AGENTS
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