What is sickle cell disease?
What is sickle cell disease?
Sickle cell disease results from a hemoglobin mutation. In this video, HealthMaker Gary Gibbons, MD, director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, describes why sickle cell disease is so debilitating.
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