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MeSH Heading: Anemia, Sickle Cell
Tree Number(s): C15.378.050.141.150.150; C15.378.420.155; C16.320.070.150; C16.320.365.155
Unique ID: D000755
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000755
Annotation: PL 92-294: Natl Sickle Cell Anemia Control Act; sickle cell dis goes here unless specifically HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE or HEMOGLOBIN C DISEASE or SICKLE CELL TRAIT or THALASSEMIA; /‌drug ther: consider also ANTISICKLING AGENTS
Scope Note: A disease characterized by chronic hemolytic anemia, episodic painful crises, and pathologic involvement of many organs. It is the clinical expression of homozygosity for hemoglobin S.
Entry Term(s): HbS Disease; Hemoglobin S Disease; Sickle Cell Anemia; Sickle Cell Disease; Sickle Cell Disorders; Sickling Disorder Due to Hemoglobin S
NLM Classification #: WH 173
See Also: Antisickling Agents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2023/02/26

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0001140
Scope Note: A disease characterized by chronic hemolytic anemia, episodic painful crises, and pathologic involvement of many organs. It is the clinical expression of homozygosity for hemoglobin S.
Terms: Anemia, Sickle Cell Preferred Term
Term UI T002256
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Hemoglobin S Disease
Term UI T002257
Date07/30/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Sickle Cell Disease
Term UI T751178
Date05/14/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Sickle Cell Disorders
Term UI T751179
Date05/14/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Sickling Disorder Due to Hemoglobin S
Term UI T751180
Date05/14/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; HbS Disease
Term UI T843440
Date05/01/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Sickle Cell Anemia
Term UI T002255
Date09/05/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID

Anemia, Sickle Cell MeSH Descriptor Data 2025