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Sickle Cell Disease - Screening and Prevention - Screening and Prevention

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People who do not know whether they carry an abnormal hemoglobin gene can ask their doctor to have their blood tested.

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Couples who are planning to have children and know that they are at risk of having a child with sickle cell disease may want to meet with a  genetic genetic (jeh-NEH-tik):
Having to do with genes. Most genes are sequences of DNA that contain information for making specific proteins or molecules of RNA that perform important functions in a cell. The information in genes is passed from parents to children.  counselor. A genetic counselor can answer questions about the risk and explain the choices that are available.

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Captured Date: 2018-08-29 19:28:00.0
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