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Hemoglobin, Sickle
Deoxygenated Sickle Hemoglobin; Deoxyhemoglobin S; Hemoglobin SS; Hemoglobin, Deoxygenated Sickle; S, Deoxyhemoglobin; S, Hemoglobin; SS, Hemoglobin; Sickle Hemoglobin; Sickle Hemoglobin, Deoxygenated
An abnormal hemoglobin resulting from the substitution of valine for glutamic acid at position 6 of the beta chain of the globin moiety. The heterozygous state results in sickle cell trait, the homozygous in sickle cell anemia.