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Sickle cell trait
Traço falciforme
CategoryDefinition
A disease caused by genetic inheritance of one abnormal allele of the haemoglobin gene. This disease does not display the severe symptoms of sickle cell disease that occurs in homozygous individuals. Confirmation is by identification of mutation through genetic testing.
Index Terms
Sickle cell traitSickle-cell disease carriersickle-cell heterozygous disorderhaemoglobin a-s genotypeHb-S - [sickle cell haemoglobin] carriersickle cell haemoglobin traitAS - [sickle cell trait]HbAS - [sickle cell haemoglobin trait]sickle-cell trait haemoglobin diseasehaemoglobin sickle cell trait disorderheterozygous sickle cell traitHbAS - [heterozygous haemoglobin S]