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Compound heterozygosity for Hb S and Hb S-Oman: Case report
Suresh Venugopal1, Alphonsa Shaju, Suchata Dhuri
1Laboratory Department, Al-Nahdha Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
|July 13, 2011
Abstract:
The haematological and clinical findings of a three year old Omani girl, phenotypically compound heterozygote for Hb S and Hb S Oman, are presented, further substantiated by family studies. The necessity of reviewing cases with sickle cell haemoglobin in Oman is stressed.
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