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    can a baby born at 28 weeks have sickle cell anemia from just one parent?

    0  Views: 526 Answers: 1 Posted: 14 years ago

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    no... both parents must have given the baby a defective gene. Either the parents are sickle cell carriers or have the disease.
    you can easily be tested to see if you are a carrier and this is usuallly done with the initial prenatal bloodwork.

    Colleen

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    There's your first karma Dr V. Good answer.


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