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Hemoglobin Disorders Among Anemic Patients: a Cross-Sectional Study from Jeddah City, Western Saudi Arabia |
Background: Hemoglobinopathies and thalassemia are defined as a group of inherited blood disorders characterized by a variable degree of anemia with a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms. They are commonly found in the Mediterranean area, sub-Sahara Africa, Middle East, Central India, and Southeast Asia with an estimation of 400,000 babies born annually with serious hemoglobinopathies. Of those, 90% of the births occur in underdevel-oped or developing countries. This study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of hemoglobin disorders among anemic patients who visited a tertiary care setting represented by King Abdulaziz University Hospital.
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