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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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Update Date:
April 5, 2009
Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
