RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sickle cell hemoglobin C disease in Saudi Arabia
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 209
OP 212
VO 24
IS 2
A1 Al-Hawsawi, Zakaria M.
A1 Islam, Mohammed S.
A1 Shehata, Nabil S.
YR 2003
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/24/2/209.abstract
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.