Background Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder, caused by mutations in regulatory
genes and transmitted as an autosomal recessive disorder, which results in a reduced rate of …

… Amani Al Hajeri … Two authors, Amani Al Hajeri (AAH) and Zbys Fedorowicz (ZF),
independently assessed the abstracts of studies resulting from the searches. We obtained …

Background Acute chest syndrome has been defined as a new infiltrate visible on chest
radiograph associated with one or more symptoms, such as fever, cough, sputum production, …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES : Previous studies that have assessed patient awareness
of the management of sickle cell disease (SCD) indicated a lack of awareness of the …

Introduction. The incidence of genetic blood disease in Bahrain has declined gradually since
1984 when the Ministry of Health (MOH) instituted a prevention campaign. The national …

Germline variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) genes are the most common cause of
hereditary breast cancer. However, a significant number of cases are not linked to these two …

Methods All issues of the Annals of Saudi Medicine (July 1981 to April 2005) were searched
by hand from cover to cover for reports of trials involving prospective assignment to one of …

Objective: To evaluate public awareness level of G6PD deficiency in Bahrain. Design: Cross
sectional survey. Setting: Bahrain Schools, Public Gathering Centers (commercial malls …

Objective To identify reports of randomized trials by handsearching 2 Bahrain medical
journals, which are indexed in the biomedical database EMBASE and to determine any added …

Background Sickle cell disease is one of the most common genetic disorders. Sickle cell
crises in which irregular and dehydrated cells contribute to blocking of blood vessels are …