BACKGROUND: Premarital screening (PMS) is a mandatory laboratory examination before
marriage to identify genetic blood and some infectious diseases. Sickle cell anemia (SCA) …

Introduction: Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is an inheritable
genetic condition resulting in the hemolysis of red blood cells after exposure to the risk …

Background: Sickle-cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic disorders characterized by
abnormally shaped red blood cells (RBCs), which are destroyed at increased rates, leading …

Aim: The present study was conducted to generate data on awareness and incidence of
sickle cell disease (SCD) and also to adduce the widespread myths peddled about SCD …

Background: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency anemia is the most
common metabolic red cell abnormality worldwide. G6PD deficiency anemia is very …

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by
production of abnormal hemoglobin S, and it is associated with high morbidity and mortality …

Objective Our study sought to assesses the knowledge and awareness of individual sickle
cell genotype among adolescents. Methods Participants were recruited from a large school …

Background Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, known as G6PD deficiency,
is a common hematological disease in the Eastern Province. The presence of Glucose-6 …

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive disease not specific to one race. This
study aims to assess knowledge about the inheritance pattern of sickle cell disease among …

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a common multisystem hereditary blood disorder
in Saudi Arabia, with a variable prevalence from one area to another. Current …