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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Hemoglobins > Hemoglobins, Abnormal > Hemoglobin, Sickle
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Hemoglobin, Sickle  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Hemoglobin S

Note

  • /urine: coord IM with HEMOGLOBINURIA (IM); hemoglobin S disease = ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 77(75); was HEMOGLOBIN S 1973-74 (Prov)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006451

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