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25 Φεβ 2024 · Sickle cell trait is a genetic condition that results when an individual inherits a gene for normal hemoglobin (A) and a gene for sickle hemoglobin (S) that results in the genotype (AS). Conversely, sickle cell disease occurs when an individual inherits 2 abnormal sickle genes (SS).
Sickle cell trait occurs when a person carries a single gene for sickle cell disease (SCD). This is estimated to affect 1 million to 3 million Americans and 8 to 10 percent of African Americans.
Sickle cell trait describes a condition in which a person has one abnormal allele of the hemoglobin beta gene (is heterozygous), but does not display the severe symptoms of sickle cell disease that occur in a person who has two copies of that allele (is homozygous).
9 Φεβ 2024 · Sickle cell trait means you carry one copy of the gene that causes sickle disease. Most people with sickle cell trait don’t experience symptoms, but they can pass the affected...
6 Δεκ 2023 · Sickle cell trait is a benign carrier condition, usually with none of the symptoms of sickle cell anemia or other sickle cell diseases. However, knowledge of sickle cell trait is important in many settings, such as preconception counseling and evaluation of rare complications.
22 Αυγ 2024 · Sickle cell trait occurs when a person has one copy of the sickle cell gene passed down from one parent along with a normal hemoglobin gene (hemoglobin A) from the other parent. People who have sickle cell trait are sometimes called carriers . Sickle cell trait is different from sickle cell anemia or sickle cell disease.
