A condition caused by a defect in the genetic code for hemoglobin synthesis. This defect affects the amount or the quality of the hemoglobin being produced. Sickle cell anemia is the most common hemoglobinopathy in California. Other common hemoglobin disorders include hemoglobin SC disease and S-beta thalassemia.
a group of diseases caused by or associated with the presence of one of several forms of abnormal hemoglobin i.e. sickle cell disease.
A blood disorder caused by alteration in the genetically determined molecular structure of hemoglobin (for example, sickle cell anemia).
Hemoglobinopathy is a kind of genetic defect that results in abnormal structure of one of the globin chains of the hemoglobin molecule. Most common hemoglobinopathies include sickle-cell disease and thalassemia.