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I have sickle cell trait. Can I be a bone marrow donor?

If you have sickle cell trait you can be a donor for a bone marrow transplant. But, if you have sickle cell (anaemia) disease it's not possible to be donor.

 


Content last reviewed: 31 January 2007
Page last modified: 01 February 2007

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