Sickle cell anemia in two White American children: essential laboratory criteria for diagnosis.
A number of hematologic disorders share diagnostic and clinical features of sickle cell anemia but have significantly different genetic implications and prognosis. Because of these differences, the establishment of a precise diagnosis is essential for the child in whom any form of sickle cell disease is identified. To illustrate the requirements for a definitive laboratory diagnosis of sickle cell anemia, this report presents the approach to establishing this diagnosis in two white American patients. From a review of the literature, these patients appear to be the only white Americans with sickle cell anemia in whom the diagnosis has been unequivocally established.
D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006441:Hemoglobin A / Q000032:analysis; D006451:Hemoglobin, Sickle / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D044465:White People
D006451:Hemoglobin, Sickle; D006441:Hemoglobin A