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Society and culture
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Signs and symptoms
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Genetics
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Treatment
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- Causes
- Genetic: inherited HBB gene mutation
- Complications
- Chronic pain, stroke, aseptic bone necrosis, gallstones, leg ulcers, priapism, pulmonary hypertension, vision problems, kidney problems
- Deaths
- 34,000 p.a. (a contributory factor to a further 376,000 p.a.)
- Diagnostic method
- Blood test
- Frequency
- 7.7 million (2021)
- Other names
- Sickle cell disorder; drepanocytosis (dated)
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Overview
- Hemoglobin-related Hemoglobinopathy
- Blood disorders Blood disorder
- Haemoglobin
- Red blood cells Red blood cell
- Sickle
- Small blood vessels Capillary
- Anaemia Anemia
- Bacterial infections Bacterial infection
- Stroke
- Β-globin gene
- Dehydration
- Sickle cell trait
- Carriers Genetic carrier
- Blood test
- Foetus Fetus
- Vaccination
- Antibiotics Antibiotic
- Folic acid
- Pain medication
- Blood transfusion
- Hydroxycarbamide
- Gene therapies Gene therapy
- Blood forming stem cells Hematopoietic stem cell
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- India
- Southern Europe
- West Asia
- North Africa
- People of African origin African diaspora
- James B. Herrick
Signs and symptoms
- Complications Complication (medicine)
- Dactylitis
- Jaundice
- Bacteria Bacterial capsule
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Penicillin
- Silent stroke
- Cholelithiasis
- Cholecystitis
- Bilirubin
- Haemolysis
- Aseptic bone necrosis
- Priapism
- Infarction
- Penis
- Osteomyelitis
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Salmonella
- Kidney failure
- Sickle-cell nephropathy Sickle cell nephropathy
- Hypertension
- Protein loss in the urine Proteinuria
- Loss of red blood cells in urine Hematuria
- Intrauterine growth restriction
- Abortion
- Pre-eclampsia
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Pulmonary artery
- Left ventricle Ventricle (heart)
Genetics
- Haemoglobin Hemoglobin
- Globins Globin
- Haemoglobin F Fetal hemoglobin
- Alpha Hemoglobin subunit alpha
- Gamma Hemoglobin, gamma
- Haemoglobin A Hemoglobin A
- Beta Hemoglobin subunit beta
- Haemoglobin B2 Hemoglobin A2
- Δ-globin HBD (gene)
- Human chromosome 11 Chromosome 11 (human)
- Trait Genotype
- Autosomal recessive
- Homozygous
- Heterozygous Zygosity
- Haplotypes Haplotype
- Single nucleotide mutation Point mutation
- Amino acid
- Glutamate
- Valine
- Oxygen
- Polymerisation Polymerization
- Doughnut
- Allele
- Endemic Endemic (epidemiology)
- Asymptomatic
- Carriers Hereditary carrier
- Benefits Heterozygote advantage
- Africa
- Mediterranean
- Middle East
Pathophysiology
- Oxygen tension Blood gas tension
- Ischaemia
- Haemolysis Hemolysis
- Bone marrow
- Heme
- Alarmin Damage-associated molecular pattern
Diagnosis
- Amniotic fluid
- Heel prick test Neonatal heel prick
- Blood smear
- Solubility
- Haemoglobin electrophoresis Hemoglobin electrophoresis
- Isoelectric focusing
- Isoelectric point
- PH
- High-performance liquid chromatography
- Polymerase chain reaction
- Variants of PCR
- Amplification-refractory mutation system Amplification-refractory mutation system?action=edit&redlink=1
- Allele-specific recombinase polymerase amplification Allele-specific recombinase polymerase amplification?action=edit&redlink=1
- Combination hemoglobinopathies Compound heterozygosity
Genetic counselling
- Genetic counsellors Genetic counseling
- Eggs Egg donation
- Sperm Sperm donation
- In-vitro fertilisation In vitro fertilisation
- Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
Treatment
- Pneumococcal infection
- Cochrane Cochrane (organisation)
- Recommended by health authorities Vaccination schedule
- Hydroxyurea
- Foetal haemoglobin Fetal haemoglobin
- Nitric oxide
- Chemotherapy
- Voxelotor
- European Medicines Agency
- Pfizer
- Exchange transfusion
- Transcranial Doppler ultrasound Transcranial Doppler
- Transfusion therapy Transfusion therapy (Sickle-cell disease)
- Blood vessels
- Red blood cells
- Ischemic
- Paracetamol
- Ibuprofen
- Codeine
- Morphine
- Crizanlizumab
- Monoclonal antibody
- P-selectin
- Hypoxia Hypoxia (medical)
- Avascular necrosis of the bone Avascular necrosis
- Joint
- Physical therapy Physiotherapy
- Pain-relief medicine Pain Medicine
- Joint-replacement surgery Joint replacement
- Bone grafting
Stem cell treatments
Prognosis
- Die before the age of 5 years Child mortality
- Life expectancy
Epidemiology
- Haemophilia
- Cystic fibrosis
- Tropical
- Subtropical
- World Health Organization
- West African West Africa
- Baamba Amba people
- Elliott Vichinsky Elliott Vichinsky?action=edit&redlink=1
- Overseas France Overseas departments and territories of France
- Mainland France Metropolitan France
- Phenylketonuria
- Hypothyroidism
- Adrenal hyperplasia
- Greece
- Turkey
- Thalassemia
- Premarital counselling Premarital counseling
- Madhya Pradesh
- Rajasthan
- Chhattisgarh
- Tharu people
United States
- Stigma Social stigma
- Black Panther Party
- Social Security Administration
- Social Security Social Security (United States)
History
Society and culture
- Uganda
- Health professionals Health professional
- Hertz Nazaire
- ER ER (TV series)
- Season 4 ER season 4
- Season 15 ER season 15
- Supacell
- Lady in the Lake Lady in the Lake (TV series)
- Medical
- Procedural drama
- The Pitt
- Noah Wyle
- Sydney Poitier Sidney Poitier
- A Warm December
- Nigerian Nigeria
- Mortal Inheritance
- Genie Award Genie Awards
- Canadian Canada
- Nurse.Fighter.Boy
- Strain Strain (film)
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Nodes272
Edges271
Triples339
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007353
Components1
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Sickle cell disease
Top relations
related to history · 42
Sickle cell disease → African, African-American, Beet, Case, Catholic, Chicago, Chicago Presbyterian Hospital, Childhood, December, Ernest, George's, Grenada, HbS, HbSC, He, Herrick, In, Irons, James, Lemuel Diggs
related to United States · 30
Sickle cell disease → African American, African Americans, African-American, African-Americans, Americans, An, Approximately, As, Black Panther Party, Daniel Cressy, Due, Elliott Vichinsky, Hispanic-American, In, In June, In September, Louisiana, Most, Over, Overall
related to Complications · 26
Sickle cell disease → About, An, Avascular, Cholelithiasis, Chronic, Daily, Diastolic, During, Even, Evidence, Haemophilus, If, In, Leg, Osteomyelitis, Patients, Priapism, Pulmonary, Salmonella, Sickle
related to Gene therapy · 24
Sickle cell disease → April, BCL11A, Both Casgevy, Casgevy, Children's National Hospital, CRISPR, DNA, England, Exa-cel, Gene, HbF, However, HSCs, In, Kendric Cromer, Lyfgenia, Medicine, National Health Service, New England Journal, NHS
related to Media and arts representation of sickle cell disease · 20
Sickle cell disease → American, British, Dr, Dream Runner, ER, Haitian-American, Hertz Nazaire, Justice, Lady, Lake, Michael, Noah Wyle, Obstruction, Popular, Representations, Robby, Robinavitch, Separation Anxiety, Supacell, The Pitt
related to France · 16
Sickle cell disease → African-Caribbean, Arabic, As, August, France, French, Greece, Indian, Mediterranean, North, North Africa, Saharan Africa, Sickle, Since, South Italy, Turkey
related to Africa · 15
Sickle cell disease → Africa, Baamba, Ghana, In, In Nigeria, In Uganda, Nigeria, North African, One, South Africa, The, Three-quarters, Uganda, West African, World Health Organization
related to Epidemiology · 14
Sickle cell disease → About, Europe, European, In, India, Middle East, Migration, Saharan, Saharan Africa, Sickle, Sub-Saharan Africa, The, The HbS, Where
related to United Kingdom · 14
Sickle cell disease → As, Casgevy, Donors, Due, England, In, In England, NHS, Other, The National Health Service, These, UK, United Kingdom, Voxelotor
has treatment · 10
Sickle cell disease → All, CRISPR, Haematopoietic, HbS, HSC, HSCs, More, Since, There, This
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Important terminology
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Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sickle cell disease | Causes | Genetic: inherited HBB gene mutation | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sickle cell disease | Complications | Chronic pain, stroke, aseptic bone necrosis, gallstones, leg ulcers, priapism, pulmonary hypertension, vision problems, kidney problems | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sickle cell disease | Deaths | 34,000 p.a. (a contributory factor to a further 376,000 p.a.) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sickle cell disease | Diagnostic method | Blood test | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sickle cell disease | Frequency | 7.7 million (2021) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sickle cell disease | Other names | Sickle cell disorder; drepanocytosis (dated) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sickle cell disease | Prognosis | Life expectancy 40–60 years (developed world) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sickle cell disease | Risk factors | Ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa, India, the Arab Gulf states or Sicily | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sickle cell disease | Specialty | Haematology, medical genetics | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sickle cell disease | Symptoms | Attacks of pain, anaemia, swelling in the hands and feet, bacterial infections, stroke | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sickle cell disease | Treatment | Vaccination, antibiotics, high fluid intake, folic acid supplementation, pain medication, blood transfusions | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sickle cell disease | Usual onset | 5–6 months of age | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sickle cell disease | is a | most common genetic disorder among African Americans | 0.90 | text |
| Sickle cell disease | is a | genetic disease | 0.90 | text |
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