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  2. Thalassemia - Wikipedia

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    Thalassemias are inherited blood disorders that result in abnormal hemoglobin. [7] Symptoms depend on the type of thalassemia and can vary from none to severe. [1] Often there is mild to severe anemia (low red blood cells or hemoglobin) as thalassemia can affect the production of red blood cells and also affect how long the red blood cells live. [1]

  3. Acute chest syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The acute chest syndrome is a vaso-occlusive crisis of the pulmonary vasculature commonly seen in people with sickle cell anemia. This condition commonly manifests with a new opacification of the lung(s) on a chest x-ray .

  4. Exagamglogene autotemcel - Wikipedia

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    In the UK, exagamglogene autotemcel is indicated for the treatment of transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia and sickle cell disease in patients aged 12 years and older who should be treated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation but for whom a suitable stem cell donor is not available.

  5. Lovotibeglogene autotemcel - Wikipedia

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    Lovotibeglogene autotemcel, sold under the brand name Lyfgenia, is a lentiviral gene therapy used for the treatment of sickle cell disease. [1] [3] [4] [5]The most common side effects include stomatitis (mouth sores of the lips, mouth, and throat), low levels of platelets, white blood cells, and red blood cells, and febrile neutropenia (fever and low white blood cell count), consistent with ...

  6. Sickle cell retinopathy - Wikipedia

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    Proliferative sickle retinopathy is the most severe ocular complication of sickle cell disease. Even though PSCR begins in the first decade of life, the condition remains asymptomatic and unnoticed until visual symptoms occur due to vitreous hemorrhage or retinal detachment.

  7. Renal medullary carcinoma - Wikipedia

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    Renal medullary carcinoma is a rare type of cancer that affects the kidney.It tends to be aggressive, difficult to treat, and is often metastatic at the time of diagnosis. . Most individuals with this type of cancer have sickle cell trait or rarely sickle cell disease, suggesting that the sickle cell trait may be a risk factor for this type of ca

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