secondary polythycemia anemia primary polythycemia sickle cell anemia is an excess of red blood cells due to dehydration or emphysema. anemia is the general term referring to blood with too few erythrocytes or insufficient hemoglobin synthesis. primary polythycemia is an excess of red blood cells due to cancer of an erythropoietic cell line. sickle cell anemia is a hereditary disease where hemoglobin is mutated and forms erythrocytes with pointy rigid shapes that tend to clump and bloc small vessels.

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secondary polythycemia
anemia
primary polythycemia
sickle cell anemia
is an excess of red blood cells due to dehydration or emphysema.
anemia
is the general term referring to blood with too few erythrocytes or insufficient hemoglobin synthesis.
primary polythycemia
is an excess of red blood cells due to cancer of an erythropoietic cell line.
sickle cell anemia
is a hereditary disease where hemoglobin is mutated and forms erythrocytes with pointy rigid shapes that tend to clump and block
small vessels.
Transcribed Image Text:secondary polythycemia anemia primary polythycemia sickle cell anemia is an excess of red blood cells due to dehydration or emphysema. anemia is the general term referring to blood with too few erythrocytes or insufficient hemoglobin synthesis. primary polythycemia is an excess of red blood cells due to cancer of an erythropoietic cell line. sickle cell anemia is a hereditary disease where hemoglobin is mutated and forms erythrocytes with pointy rigid shapes that tend to clump and block small vessels.
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