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Sickle Cell Count
Definition 1
The determination of the number of sickle cells present in a sample. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A measurement of the sickle cells (sickle shaped red blood cells) in a biological specimen. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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