Sickle cell hemoglobin C disease in Saudi Arabia

Sickle cell hemoglobin C (HbSC) is a disease confined to people of West African ancestry and it has not been reported in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). We are reporting 2 patients with HbSC disease from the western province of KSA (Madinah); one patient presented with severe form of the disease...

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Published inSaudi medical journal Vol. 24; no. 2; p. 209
Main Authors Al-Hawsawi, Zakaria M, Islam, Mohammed S, Shehata, Nabil S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Saudi Arabia 01.02.2003
Subjects
African Continental Ancestry Group
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Hemoglobin SC Disease - diagnosis
Hemoglobin SC Disease - epidemiology
Humans
Nigeria - ethnology
Saudi Arabia - epidemiology
Saudi Arabia
Nigeria
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Summary:Sickle cell hemoglobin C (HbSC) is a disease confined to people of West African ancestry and it has not been reported in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). We are reporting 2 patients with HbSC disease from the western province of KSA (Madinah); one patient presented with severe form of the disease which include transient hypertension.
ISSN:0379-5284