Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disease influenced by ethnicity and regional
differences in its clinical course. Recent advances in the management of SCD with newer …

Abstract Hemoglobin S/OArab (Hb S/OArab) is a rare compound heterozygous
hemoglobinopathy characterized by the presence of two variant β‐globin chains: β6Glu→ …

Red cell survival was measured in ten subjects with SC disease and one with SO Arab
(alpha 2 beta 2–121 glu yields lys) disease using both DF32p and 51Cr as tags. Red cell …

Objectives: To examine the generally accepted concept of autosplenectomy in patients with
sickle cell anaemia, and determine the relationship between age, the steady state PCV and …

Sudan is Africa's largest country in surface area (2,505,805 km 2). It constitutes more than
8% of the African continent and 1.7% of the world's total land (Fig. 20.1). It has boundaries …

In the Arabian peninsula, haemoglobinopathîes, though very interesting, are still far from
being fairly established. With the exception of the eastern province of Saudi Arabia, where …

We have studied 105 individuals in the village of Jasser El Zarka in the Northern Coast of
Israel of whom 59% had at least one abnormal hemoglobin. Of the individuals studied 41 …

Studying different sickle cell genotypes may throw light on the pathogenesis of sickle cell
disease (SCD). Here, the clinical profile, red cell sickling and K+ permeability in 29 SCD …

Background and Purpose Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited hemoglobin disease
affecting the red cells and causing hemolytic anemia. It is a very common, endemic disease …

Twelve families with Hb 0 Arab in the Burgas district of Bulgaria observations on sixteen
examples of Hb 0 β&#x00 Page 1 Humangenetik 26, 93--97 (1975) © by Springer-Verlag …