Daily Trust (Abuja)
10 August 2008
Sickle cell disease is defined as an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells. Sickle cell patients have red blood cells which contain mostly hemoglobin* S, an abnormal type of hemoglobin. Sometimes these red blood cells become sickle-shaped (crescent shaped) and have difficulty passing through small blood vessels. When sickle-shaped cells block small blood vessels, less blood can ...
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