[sicklecell] Flashcards
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Beta
2
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Glutamic acid –> valine
3
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HbS
4
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africans
5
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heterozygotes (HbAS)
6
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anaemia
7
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heterozygote (HbAS)
8
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hypoxia
anaethesia/enclosed spaces etc
9
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vessels occluded by build up of sickle cells leading to painful ischaemia
10
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thalassaemia
HbC
11
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polymerisation of deformed HbS when deoxygenated
12
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sickle cells are fragile
13
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sickle cells
Target cells
14
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Hb electrophoresis
15
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allows distinction between HbSS and HbAS
16
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at birth (cord blood)