title: Haemoglobinopathies in a large hospital in Kuwait.
abstract: One year experience of various haemoglobinopathies encountered in a large hospital in Kuwait is presented. During the period under study (1988), 84,341 complete blood counts (CBC's) were performed. Haemoglobin electrophoresis was performed in 1289 of these samples; 261 abnormal results were encountered. Almost all the commonly occurring haemoglobinopathies in the world were seen among Kuwaities, probably as a result of inheritance of different haemoglobinopathy genes from different parts of the world. Indirect evidences suggest that alpha thalassemia may be the commonest haemoglobinopathy in Kuwait; a picture not unlike that of Saudi Arabia which is one of its neighbours.
authors.affiliation: Haematology Laboratory, Farwania Hospital, Kuwait.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shaqalaih
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salman
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hassanein
mesh_terms: D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics; D006453:Hemoglobinopathies / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007730:Kuwait / Q000453:epidemiology; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology