Doctors noticed that patients who had sickle cell anemia, a serious hereditary ... protein causes the red blood cells to lose oxygen and warp into a sickle shape during periods of high activity.

Peculiar elongated and sickle-shaped red blood corpuscles in a case of severe anemia. Archives of Internal Medicine 6, 517–521 (1910) Ingram, V. M. Gene mutations in human haemoglobin ...

With anemia, your body isn’t making enough red blood cells. If you have anemia and CKD, your red blood cells may also have a shorter life span than usual. They can die off faster than your body ...

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