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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
you can easily be tested to see if you are a carrier and this is usuallly done with the initial prenatal bloodwork.
11 years ago. Rating: 1 | |

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