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Sickle cell disease - A genetic disease that is resulted from a single amino acid mutation in the hemoglobin molecul Hemophilia - A genetic disease that causes the blood not to be able to form a firm clot. Leukemia - Often referred to as cancer of the blood, a malignant condition affecting the immature blood-forming cells in the bone marrow. Anemia - a commonly encountered clinical condition that is caused by an acquired or hereditary abnormality of red blood cells (RBC) or its precursors, or may be a manifestation of an nonhematologic disorder. Thrombosis - Happens when the platelets try to patch up an injury within a small blood vessel and completely plug it up instead. This plug obstructs the normal flow of blood and can result in a heart attack or stroke. Blood cholesterol - plays an important part in deciding a person's chance or risk of getting coronary heart disease (CHD). Categories
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