Haemoglobin S‐D Disease in a Turkish Family

Abstract

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.