What Might Make a Physician Suspect That the Person from Whom

question 148

Multiple Choice

What might make a physician suspect that the person from whom she has just drawn blood has sickle-cell disease?

• A) The blood is very dark in color.
• B) There is an elevated level of phenylalanine in the blood.
• C) The blood cells are not round.
• D) The blood cell each contain only 45 chromosomes.

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