Two articles in this current issue deal with sickle cell diseases from the Eastern and Western
Provinces of Saudi Arabia, and present interesting but different information about these …

BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a common disease in Saudi Arabia, with a
high prevalence in the Eastern and Southern regions. This study reports on 53 cases of SCD …

The clinical and hematologic features of sickle cell disease in two groups of patients of
different ancestral origin, but living in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, are presented …

To the Editor. In his editorial, Dr. Pearson 1 mentions that “it is well known that the sickle cell
disease seen in many patients from the Arabian Gulf area has distinct clinical and …

Recent developments in sickle cell disease were reviewed at a research meeting in Hofuf
held in September 2003, having been postponed from fcMay 2003 because of events within …

The inherited disorders of haemoglobin are the commonest monogenic diseases. It has
been estimated that over 300 000 babies are born each year with one of these conditions …

Methods A sample size of 45,682 children and adolescents from newborn to 19 years of age
was selected by multistage random probability sampling of the Saudi households from each …

Haemoglobin electrophoresis screening of 2341 infants from the oases of eastern Saudi
Arabia, performed in an attempt to detect cases early and then to follow up and give better …

The sickle cell gene is now known to be widespread, reaching its highest incidence in
equatorial Africa, but occurring also in parts of Sicily and Southern Italy, Northern Greece …

Haematological, clinical and some molecular genetic features of homozygous sickle cell
(SS) disease in Saudi Arabia have been compared in 33 patients from the Eastern Province …