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Hemoglobin, Sickle

"Hemoglobin, Sickle" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An abnormal hemoglobin resulting from the substitution of valine for glutamic acid at position 6 of the beta chain of the globin moiety. The heterozygous state results in sickle cell trait, the homozygous in sickle cell anemia.


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Bar chart showing 11 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1999 and 2000 and 2003 and 2008 and 2009 and 2013 and 2016 and 2017 and 2018 and 2020 and 2023
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