Characteristics of Hgb C Carriers in Northern Israel and Clinical Features Among Hgb Homozygous
Characteristics of Hgb C Carriers in Northern Israel and Clinical Features Among Hgb Homozygous
Hgb C is an hemoglobinopathy quite rare in Israel. The clinical status of patients that are
 diagnosed as homozygous to this disease is quite benign but not study in large groups.

 Also the characteristics of carriers and the incidence in northern Israel were a large arab
 population lives, was not study. The results of this study can be useful for screening
 purpose in a area were another hemoglobinopathies are frequent.
Hgb C is an hemoglobinopathy quite rare in Israel. The clinical status of patients that are
 diagnosed as homozygous to this disease is quite benign but not study in large groups.

 Also the characteristics of carriers and the incidence in northern Israel were a large arab
 population lives, was not study. The results of this study can be useful for screening
 purpose in a area were another hemoglobinopathies are frequent.

 The study will record the clinical characteristics of the homozygous Hgb C patients and the
 hematology characteristics of all the heterozygous carriers detected in northern Israel
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  All patients diagnosed as homozygous for Hgb C disease or double heterozygous in
 combination to other abnormal hemoglobin, and all the carriers detected in the
 hematology laboratory during the screening for abnormal hemoglobins in northern Israel