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Haemoglobin S‐D Disease in a Turkish Family
Author(s) -
ÖZsoylu Sinasi
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1600-0609
pISSN - 0036-553X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1969.tb01795.x
Subject(s) - turkish , disease , pediatrics , growth retardation , medicine , autosomal recessive trait , genetics , biology , pregnancy , philosophy , linguistics , gene
A three‐year‐old Turkish boy with haemoglobin S‐D disease and ventricular septal defect is reported in detail, mentioning his three siblings with the same disorder. The patient showed marked haemolytic anaemia and growth retardation. His father possibly had homozygous Hb D disease, and the mother had sickle cell trait. An aplastic crisis was found during his hospitalization.