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Describe symptoms of sickle cell anemia trait?
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Usually none.: Patients with sca trait usually have no symptoms. If they are in an environment where oxygen is low, like high altitude, it is possible to have a pain crisis like sca patients get, but it is quite rare.
Answered 3/26/2016
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