sickle cell C disease

sick·le cell C dis·ease

[MIM*141900] a disease resulting from abnormal sickle-shaped erythrocytes (containing hemoglobins C and S) that appear in response to a lowering of the partial pressure of oxygen; characterized by anemia, crises due to hemolysis or vascular occlusion, chronic leg ulcers and bone deformities, and infarcts of bone or of the spleen.

sick·le cell C dis·ease

(sik'ĕl sel di-zēz') A disorder resulting from abnormal sickle-shaped erythrocytes (containing hemoglobin C and S) that appear in response to a lowering of the partial pressure of oxygen; characterized by anemia, crises due to hemolysis or vascular occlusion, chronic leg ulcers and bone deformities, and infarcts of bone or of the spleen.