Abstract
Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease that existed in Africa for at least 5000 years but there have been no records of its existence till it was discovered in 1904.
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Al-Salem, A. (2016). History of Sickle Cell Anemia. In: Medical and Surgical Complications of Sickle Cell Anemia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24762-5_1
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