RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sickle cell disease and cystic fibrosis
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 97
OP 100
VO 24
IS 1
A1 Banjar, Hanaa H.
YR 2003
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/24/1/97.abstract
AB Simultaneous occurrence of both cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease in the same patient is a rare phenomenon and has occurred only in 3 reports in the world literature. This phenomenon has never been described before in Arab population. In this report, we describe the first reported case of both diseases in one patient in the Arab population, and discuss its complications and review the literature in this aspect.