it is referred to as "HbAS" or "sickle cell trait". Other, rarer forms of sickle-cell disease include sickle-haemoglobin C disease (HbSC), sickle beta-plus-thalassaemia (HbS/β+) and sickle beta ...

This is lower in heterozygotes (HbAS with SCT) than homozygotes (HbSS with sickle cell disease (SCD)). Sickling-induced vaso-occlusion can lead to so-called ‘sequestration crises’, but ...

One of the Trump administration’s top health officials said Friday that the federal government is working to expand access to ...

Children with sickle cell disease, a chronic hemolytic anemia, present with a wide variety of neurological syndromes, including ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, transient ischemic attacks ...