title: Sickle cell hemoglobin C disease in 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Madinah Maternity & Children's Hospital, PO Box 6205, Madinah Al-Munawara, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. zhawsawi@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Zakaria M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Al-Hawsawi
authors.forename: Mohammed S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: Nabil S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Shehata
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006450:Hemoglobin SC Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria / Q000208:ethnology; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology