title: Congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia type I. Report of two siblings from Saudi Arabia.
abstract: This study describes two siblings (a boy and a girl) affected with congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia type I. It is the seventh familial occurrence reported. The girl presented in the neonatal period with anaemia, jaundice and hepatosplenomegaly and required 4 blood transfusions in the first 7 months of life, while her brother was discovered to be anaemic and jaundiced only at the age of 2 years and did not receive any blood transfusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: al-Fawaz
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: al-Mashhadani
mesh_terms: D000742:Anemia, Dyserythropoietic, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012529:Saudi Arabia