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  Red blood cells, sickle cell


Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disease in which the red blood cells produce abnormal pigment (hemoglobin. The abnormal hemoglobin causes deformity of the red blood cells into crescent or sickle-shapes, as seen in this photomicrograph.
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