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[Association of Hbo Arab/beta-thalassemia discovered fortuitously in 2 brothers]
M A Mongalgi1, A Debbabi, F Guemira
1Service de Médecine Infantile C, Hôpital d'Enfants de Tunis, Tunisie.
Annales De Pediatrie
|April 1, 1992
Abstract:
A four-year-old boy admitted for fever and a skin rash was diagnosed as having a rickettsial infection. Regenerative microcytic anemia and enlargement of the spleen were also found. Hemoglobin electrophoresis and a family study disclosed a combination of two heterozygous hemoglobinopathies, i.e., HbO Arab and beta-thalassemia. A male sibling had the same anomalies as the index patient and was free of symptoms.