Sickle cell disease, also known as Sickle cell anaemia, is a recessive genetic disease caused by a single-point mutation in the beta globin gene in codon 6 (Glu6Val) that specifies one of the chains of haemoglobin. The disease is characterized by a chronic haemolytic anaemia with the sickle cells which show abnormal morphology due to the damage of the membrane skeletons and agglutinate under deoxygenated conditions.
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Hematologic disease
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Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
03 Diseases of the blood or blood-forming organs
Anaemias or other erythrocyte disorders
3A51 Sickle cell disorders or other haemoglobinopathies
H00229 Sickle cell disease