Sickle cell trait

Introduction: Sickle cell trait

Description of Sickle cell trait

Sickle cell trait: the heterozygous state of the gene for hemoglobin S in sickle cell anemia.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Sickle cell trait: The condition of being heterozygous for hemoglobin S.
Source: MeSH 2007

Sickle cell trait: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Sickle cell trait:

• Sickle cell
• Cell
• Trait

Hierarchical classifications of Sickle cell trait

The following list attempts to classify Sickle cell trait into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases
  • Hematologic Diseases
    • Anemia
      • Anemia, Hemolytic
        • Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital
          • Anemia, Sickle Cell
            • Sickle Cell Trait

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases
  • Hematologic Diseases
    • Hemoglobinopathies
      • Anemia, Sickle Cell
        • Sickle Cell Trait

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn
    • Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital
      • Anemia, Sickle Cell
        • Sickle Cell Trait

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn
    • Hemoglobinopathies
      • Anemia, Sickle Cell
        • Sickle Cell Trait

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Hereditary hemolytic anemia, unspecified
• Anemia (all)
• DISEASES OF THE BLOOD AND BLOOD-FORMING ORGANS
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

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