3A51.0
category
Sickle cell trait
Definition
A disease caused by genetic inheritance of one abnormal allele of the haemoglobin gene. This disease does not display the severe symptoms of sickle cell disease that occurs in homozygous individuals. Confirmation is by identification of mutation through genetic testing.
Also indexed as
AS - [sickle cell trait]Hb-S - [sickle cell haemoglobin] carrierHbAS - [heterozygous haemoglobin S]HbAS - [sickle cell haemoglobin trait]Sickle cell traitSickle-cell disease carrierhaemoglobin a-s genotypehaemoglobin sickle cell trait disorderheterozygous sickle cell traitsickle cell haemoglobin traitsickle-cell heterozygous disordersickle-cell trait haemoglobin disease
Nearby in Sickle cell disorders or other haemoglobinopathies
3A51.1Sickle cell disease without crisis3A51.2Sickle cell disease with crisis3A51.3Compound heterozygous sickling disorders without crisis3A51.4Compound heterozygous sickling disorders with crisis3A51.5Haemoglobin C disease3A51.6Haemoglobin D disease3A51.7High affinity haemoglobin3A51.8Low affinity haemoglobin