THE INCIDENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SICKLE CELL TRAIT
Authors: L. W. Diggs, C. F. Ahmann, Juanita Bibb
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1933)

Article1 December 1933THE INCIDENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SICKLE CELL TRAITL. W. DIGGS, M.D., C. F. AHMANN, PH.D., JUANITA BIBB, A.B.L. W. DIGGS, M.D., C. F. AHMANN, PH.D., JUANITA BIBB, A.B.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-6-769 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIf one takes a drop of blood from each member of an unselected series of negroes, seals the drops under cover-slips, and examines them microscopically over a period of hours, he observes striking curved and pointed distortions of the erythrocytes in an appreciable number of the preparations. (Figure 1.) Erythrocytes assuming such bizarre stellate shapes are called "sickled cells" and individuals whose erythrocytes are capable of undergoing such a metamorphosis under suitable conditions are said to possess the "sickle cell trait." 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Memphis, Tennessee*Received for publication March 31, 1933.From the Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Tennessee, Pathological Institute, Memphis, Tennessee, and from the Nutritional Division of the Experimental Station, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 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