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Sickle Cell Disease - Understanding the Genetic Disorder

Posted by kanigenetics26 on Wed, 31 Aug 2016

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Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disease that is present from birth. It is caused by a mutation in the hemoglobin-beta gene located on chromosome 11. SCD is not contagious but is a genetic disorder. (Click here to know how sickle cell anemia runs in families http://www.medindia.net/health-infographics/sickle-cell-anemia.htm) The pattern of inheritance of sickle cell anemia is autosomal recessive. People from Africa, India, the Caribbean, the Middle East and the Mediterranean are commonly affected... Read More

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