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  2. El-Mahdi Holly - Wikipedia

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    El-Mahdi Holly remains committed to the community, serving as a board member of sickle cell anemia awareness nonprofit organization, My Three Sicklers Foundation. [15] He also serves as the Education Co-Pillar for Black Male Initiative Georgia, [16] which seeks to change the narrative around black men in society. [16]

  3. Hemoglobin electrophoresis - Wikipedia

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    The test uses the principles of gel electrophoresis to separate out the various types of hemoglobin and is a type of native gel electrophoresis.After the sample has been treated to release the hemoglobin from the red cells, it is introduced into a porous gel (usually made of agarose or cellulose acetate) and subjected to an electrical field, most commonly in an alkaline medium.

  4. Overdominance - Wikipedia

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    An example of overdominance in humans is that of the sickle cell anemia.This condition is determined by a single polymorphism.Possessors of the deleterious allele have lower life expectancy, with homozygotes rarely reaching 50 years of age.

  5. Morrie Turner - Wikipedia

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    A Sickle Cell Anemia Story and Coloring Book (Sickle Cell Anemia Workshop, 1972) Famous Black Americans (Judson Press, 1973) ISBN 0817005919 Happy Birthday America (Signet Book, 1975)

  6. 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. [1]

  7. Crizanlizumab - Wikipedia

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    Crizanlizumab, sold under the brand name Adakveo among others, is a monoclonal antibody medication that binds to P-selectin. [3] It is a medication used to reduce the frequency of vaso-occlusive crisis in people aged 16 years and older who have sickle cell anemia.

  8. Sickle-cell anemia - Wikipedia

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  9. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency - Wikipedia

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    Most individuals with G6PD deficiency are asymptomatic.When it induces hemolysis, it is usually is short-lived. [5]Most people who develop symptoms are male, due to the X-linked pattern of inheritance, but female carriers can be affected due to unfavorable lyonization or skewed X-inactivation, where random inactivation of an X-chromosome in certain cells creates a population of G6PD-deficient ...