PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Al-Hawsawi, Zakaria M.
AU  - Islam, Mohammed S.
AU  - Shehata, Nabil S.
TI  - Sickle cell hemoglobin C disease in Saudi Arabia
DP  - 2003 Feb 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 209--212
VI  - 24
IP  - 2
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/24/2/209.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/24/2/209.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2003 Feb 01; 24
AB  - 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.