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Clinical example - Sickle Cell disease

A disease with a clear risk profile is Sickle Cell Disease, which is inherited with defined genetic markers and a view of a blood smear is given here. The blood cells (erythocytes) of affected individuals under certain circumstances change shape which leads to changes blood flow and oxygen carrying capacity, which can affect multiple organs.

HPO subsets

See download page for HPO subset of Erythrocyte  morphology (Mapping files for download), a way of making it easier to locate and browse areas of interest in the mapping.