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How Is Sickle Cell Disease Diagnosed?
source: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
year: 2020
summary/abstract:People who do not know whether they make sickle hemoglobin or another abnormal hemoglobin, such as SC, Sβ thalassemia, and SE, can find out by having their blood tested. This way, they can learn whether they carry a gene—or have the trait—for an abnormal hemoglobin that they could pass on to a child.
With this information, parents can be better informed about the chances of having a child with some type of sickle cell disease, such as hemoglobin SS or SC, Sβ thalassemia, or others.
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