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  2. Sickle cell disease - Wikipedia

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    The life expectancy for men with SCD is approximately 42 years of age while women live approximately six years longer. [145] An additional 2 million are carriers of the sickle cell trait. [ 146 ] Most infants with SCD born in the United States are identified by routine neonatal screening.

  3. Complete blood count - Wikipedia

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    A complete blood count (CBC), also known as a full blood count (FBC), is a set of medical laboratory tests that provide information about the cells in a person's blood.The CBC indicates the counts of white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets, the concentration of hemoglobin, and the hematocrit (the volume percentage of red blood cells).

  4. List of human blood components - Wikipedia

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    male 4-11.5 × 10 −11: female, prepubertal <4 × 10 −11: female, 1–10 days 6.1-39.4 × 10 −11: female, 11–20 days 12.2-43.7 × 10 −11: female, 21–30 days 15.6-35 × 10 −11: female, postmenopausal <4 × 10 −11: Estrone (E1) male 2.9-17 × 10 −11: female, follicular 2-15 × 10 −11: female, 1–10 days of cycle 4.3-18 × 10 ...

  5. Hematology analyzer - Wikipedia

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    A complete blood count includes red blood cell (RBC), white blood cell (WBC), hemoglobin, and platelet counts, as well as hematocrit levels. Other analyses include: [citation needed] RBC distribution width; Mean corpuscular volume; Mean corpuscular hemoglobin; Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentrations; WBC differential count in percentage and ...

  6. Duchenne muscular dystrophy - Wikipedia

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    Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common type of muscular dystrophy, [3] with a median life expectancy of 27–31 years. [5] [11] However, with comprehensive care, some individuals may live into their 30s or 40s. [3] Duchenne muscular dystrophy is considerably rarer in females, occurring in approximately one in 50,000,000 live female ...

  7. Multiple sclerosis - Wikipedia

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    [1] [214] As of 2020, globally it is about two times more common in women than in men, and the ratio of women to men with MS is as high as 4:1 in some countries. [ 215 ] [ medical citation needed ] In children, it is even more common in females than males, [ 1 ] while in people over fifty, it affects males and females almost equally.

  8. Bilirubin - Wikipedia

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    Bilirubin (BR) (from the Latin for "red bile") is a red-orange compound that occurs in the normal catabolic pathway that breaks down heme in vertebrates.This catabolism is a necessary process in the body's clearance of waste products that arise from the destruction of aged or abnormal red blood cells. [3]

  9. Shingles - Wikipedia

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    While shingles is more common among older people, children may also get the disease. [14] According to the US National Institutes of Health, the number of new cases per year ranges from 1.2 to 3.4 per 1,000 person-years among healthy individuals to 3.9 to 11.8 per 1,000 person-years among those older than 65 years of age.