Sickle cell disease (SCD) occurs at a high prevalence in different parts of Saudi Arabia.
Several reports indicate that the disease follows a mild clinical course in the Saudi …

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 …

Sickle cell disease (SCD) exhibits itself in a broad spectrum of clinical behaviour ranging
from a mild disease to an incapacitating condition. In this study, we have attempted to …

Using a prospective and retrospective approach, the features of sickle cell disease (SCD)
were investigated in 137 SCD children from the south-western region of Saudi Arabia. The …

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is common in the Eastern and Southwestern (SW) Provinces of
Saudi Arabia. We studied 159 patients with SCD to better characterize its phenotype in the …

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 …

Summary Seventy‐one Saudi and Yemeni Arabs with sickle cell anaemia from western
Saudi Arabia aged between 11/2 and 42 years were studied. The mean steady state …

Sickle cell disease (SCD), the commonest single gene disorder worldwide, is an inherited
disease that has different clinical and hematological manifestations in different populations …

Abstract In Saudi Arabia two major forms of sickle cell anaemia (SCA) have been identified,
a benign SCA is reported mainly in the Eastern province and a severe form is reported in …

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 …