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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