Sickle cell hemoglobin C disease in Saudi Arabia

Authors

• Zakaria M. Al-Hawsawi, Department of Pediatrics, Madinah Maternity & Children's Hospital, PO Box 6205, Madinah Al-Munawara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 (4) 8380395. Fax. +966 (4) 8368333. E-mail: zhawsawi{at}yahoo.com.
• Mohammed S. Islam, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Madinah Maternity & Children's Hospital, Madinah Al-Munawara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Nabil S. Shehata, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Madinah Maternity & Children's Hospital, Madinah Al-Munawara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

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.

Article Type

Case Report

First Page

209

Last Page

212

Recommended Citation

Al-Hawsawi, Zakaria M.; Islam, Mohammed S.; and Shehata, Nabil S. (2003) "Sickle cell hemoglobin C disease in Saudi Arabia," Saudi Medical Journal: Vol. 24: Iss. 2, Article 18.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/1658-3175.1972