Abstract
A family case report of sickle cell-thalassemia syndrome shows three problems concerning this disease. Firstly, the problem of differentiating sickle cell-thalassemia from the sickle cell disease; secondly, the wide range varieties in clinical picture; thirdly and finally contradiction in the criteria of prognosis. In this report sickle cell-thalassemia case was confirmed by constructing a hemoglobin electrophoresis pedigree for the patient. Clinical varieties and prognosis of sickle cell-thalassemia in this family are discussed.