Sickle Cell Anemia

• Autosomal recessive ?-hemoglobinopathy

  • Symptomatic at 6 months

• Irreversible sickling upon deoxygenation

  • pain crises
  • infarcts of spleen (asplenia), kidneys, brain

• Hemolytic vs. aplastic crisis (Parvovirus B19)

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