Sickle cell anemia is a disorder of the blood. This image shows 2 red blood cells, the one in front is displaying the characteristic "sickle-shape" (a flattened "C" shape) common to the disease.

On this map, the distribution of sickle-cell anemia haplotypes among nations with ... The haplotype data represented in this image were summarized from genetic epidemiological studies of sickle ...

Only some children with sickle cell anemia who could benefit from basic preventative care to prevent infections and strokes receive it, a Children's Hospital Los Angeles research team found.

The medical term for this is “sickle cell anemia.” General symptoms of anemia ... in the blood vessels of the retina, which sends images to the brain. However, they can also develop in blood ...

Doctors noticed that patients who had sickle cell anemia, a serious hereditary blood disease, were more likely to survive malaria, a disease which kills some 1.2 million people every year.

This child was diagnosed as having sickle-cell anemia during hospitalization for staphylococcal pyarthrosis at one and a half years of age. Examination of the blood showed occasional sickled cells ...