- anemia
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a blood disorder caused by a deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin (the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells)
See also Anemia; Cancer (oncology); Children's Memorial Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders; Will thrives thanks to sickle cell expertise
- hemolytic anemia
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a general term used to describe when red blood cells, which help carry oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body, are broken down faster than the bone marrow is able to produce them
See also Hemolytic anemia
- hemophilia (also called a coagulation disorder)
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an inherited bleeding disorder caused by low levels, or absence of, a blood protein that is essential for clotting; hemophilia A is caused by a lack of the blood clotting protein factor VIII; hemophilia B is caused by a deficiency of factor IX.
See also Children's Memorial Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders; Hemophilia; Hemophilia and thrombophilia program; A Day's Anatomy - Inside the life of a pediatric resident
- immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
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a blood disorder characterized by an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets, which results in internal bleeding.
See also Immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)
- neutropenia
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a disorder in which the body does not have enough neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that helps fight bacterial infections
See also Neutropenia
- platelet function disorders
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disorders that keep the blood from clotting normally
See also Children's Memorial Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
- sickle cell - hemoglobin C disease
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a term used to describe having one copy of the gene which causes sickle cell anemia (HbS) and one copy of another altered hemoglobin gene (HbC); this blood disorder is similar to sickle cell anemia.
See also Sickle cell disease
- sickle cell - hemoglobin E disease
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a term used to describe having one copy of the gene which causes sickle cell anemia (HbS) and one copy of another altered hemoglobin gene (HbE); this blood disorder may/may not cause clinical symptoms except under stress (exhaustion, infection, etc.).
- sickle cell anemia (hemoglobin SS)
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the most common form of sickle cell disease; typically associated with significant anemia and often has the most severe complications
See also Sickle cell disease
- sickle cell disease
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an inherited blood disorder that is characterized by production of abnormal hemoglobin, which is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen to the tissues
See also A Night at the Theater to Support Sickle Cell Research; Cooperative Sickle Cell Donor Program; Sickle cell disease; Sickle cell program; A Day's Anatomy - Inside the life of a pediatric resident; Will thrives thanks to sickle cell expertise
- thrombocytopenia
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a decrease in the number of circulating platelets (a blood component that promotes clotting)
See also Children's Memorial Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders; Hemophilia and thrombophilia program
- von Willebrand disease
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the most common of inherited bleeding disorders caused by an abnormality in the von Willebrand factor, which is necessary for platelets to be able to attach themselves to a vein or artery to form a clot to stop bleeding.
See also Children's Memorial Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders; Hemophilia and thrombophilia program; Von Willebrand disease