"Anemia, Sickle Cell" 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.
A disease characterized by chronic hemolytic anemia, episodic painful crises, and pathologic involvement of many organs. It is the clinical expression of homozygosity for hemoglobin S.
| Descriptor ID |
D000755
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C15.378.071.141.150.150 C15.378.420.155 C16.320.070.150 C16.320.365.155
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| Concept/Terms |
Anemia, Sickle Cell- Anemia, Sickle Cell
- Anemias, Sickle Cell
- Sickle Cell Anemias
- Hemoglobin S Disease
- Disease, Hemoglobin S
- Hemoglobin S Diseases
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Sickle Cell Disorders
- Cell Disorder, Sickle
- Cell Disorders, Sickle
- Sickle Cell Disorder
- Sickling Disorder Due to Hemoglobin S
- HbS Disease
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Cell Disease, Sickle
- Cell Diseases, Sickle
- Sickle Cell Diseases
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Anemia, Sickle Cell".
- Diseases [C]
- Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases [C15]
- Hematologic Diseases [C15.378]
- Anemia [C15.378.071]
- Anemia, Hemolytic [C15.378.071.141]
- Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital [C15.378.071.141.150]
- Anemia, Sickle Cell [C15.378.071.141.150.150]
- Hemoglobinopathies [C15.378.420]
- Anemia, Sickle Cell [C15.378.420.155]
- Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn [C16.320]
- Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital [C16.320.070]
- Anemia, Sickle Cell [C16.320.070.150]
- Hemoglobinopathies [C16.320.365]
- Anemia, Sickle Cell [C16.320.365.155]
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Anemia, Sickle Cell".
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| 2010 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2015 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
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| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Anemia, Sickle Cell" by people in Profiles.
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Variation in Chronic Automated Red Cell Exchange Practices for Sickle Cell Disease: Insights Into Isovolemic Hemodilution Use. J Clin Apher. 2026 Jun; 41(3):e70146.
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Negative Descriptors of Patients With Sickle Cell Disease in the Electronic Health Record. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 04 01; 9(4):e266458.
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Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease: Practice Recommendations from the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy and the International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy. Transplant Cell Ther. 2026 Jul; 32(7):778-791.
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Characterizing Engagement With a Mobile Health Application Designed for Adolescents and Young Adults With Sickle Cell Disease: Findings From the COMETS Study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2026 Jun; 73(6):e70252.
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Thrombomodulin protects against acute vascular and multiorgan injury in sickle cell disease. JCI Insight. 2026 01 23; 11(2).
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Community Health Worker and Mobile Health Interventions for Quality of Life Among Young Adults With Sickle Cell Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 11 03; 8(11):e2543571.
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Association of Food Insecurity With Disease-Related Complications and Healthcare Utilization for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2026 Jan; 73(1):e32100.
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Virtual Reality as RESPITE: Relief Exploration for Sickle Pain Through Interventions Using Technology Engagement: A Hospital-Based Observational Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 11; 40(15):3750-3754.
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Identifying distinct subgroups with severe pain in sickle cell disease: A cluster analysis of the GRNDaD multi-center registry. PLoS One. 2025; 20(5):e0320889.
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Abatacept for acute graft versus host disease prophylaxis in children with sickle cell disease patients undergoing HLA identical sibling hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2025 08; 60(8):1102-1107.