Sickle Cell Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- birth : when is sickle cell (most often) diagnosed
- mutation : a change that occurs in our dna sequence
- splenic sequestration : when a large number of sickle cells get trapped in the spleen and cause it to suddenly get large
- bone marrow : the modern "cure": _ _ transplant
- african americans : race sickle cell affects the most
- hemoglobin : protein that carries oxygen through the body
- trait : an inherited characteristic
- anemia : deficiency of hemoglobin
- hand foot syndrome : painful swelling of the limbs with fever
- sickle cell : hereditary blood disease
- five months : when do babies start to show signs of sickle cell
- shape : difference of sickle blood cells to normal
- inherit : those with sickle cell _ it from parents
- years : sickle cell life expectancy
- africa : where the disorder originated (geographically)
- carrier : when a child has one sickle cell trait
