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Question:

Why does sickle cell disease cause erythrocytes to obtain a disordered shape?

Author: MIA MEZA



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Because red blood cells carry mutant hemoglobin, they are deprived of oxygen and thus become sickle shaped which further interrupts blood flow.


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