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Hemoglobinopathies

An update on the prevalence trends in Southern Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Makkawi, Sultan Alasmari, Ali A. Hawan, Mesfer M. Al Shahrani and Ayed A. Dera
Saudi Medical Journal July 2021, 42 (7) 784-789; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.7.20210273
Mohammed Makkawi
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Mohammed, Sultan, Mesfer, Ayed), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha and from the Department of Microbiology (Ali), Armed Forces Hospital, Khamis Mushayt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MSc, PhD
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Sultan Alasmari
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Mohammed, Sultan, Mesfer, Ayed), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha and from the Department of Microbiology (Ali), Armed Forces Hospital, Khamis Mushayt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ali A. Hawan
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Mohammed, Sultan, Mesfer, Ayed), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha and from the Department of Microbiology (Ali), Armed Forces Hospital, Khamis Mushayt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mesfer M. Al Shahrani
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Mohammed, Sultan, Mesfer, Ayed), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha and from the Department of Microbiology (Ali), Armed Forces Hospital, Khamis Mushayt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ayed A. Dera
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Mohammed, Sultan, Mesfer, Ayed), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha and from the Department of Microbiology (Ali), Armed Forces Hospital, Khamis Mushayt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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vol. 42 no. 7 784-789
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.7.20210273
PubMed 
34187923

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received April 6, 2021
  • Accepted June 6, 2021
  • Published online June 28, 2021.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Mohammed Makkawi, MSc, PhD⇑,
  2. Sultan Alasmari, MSc, PhD,
  3. Ali A. Hawan, MD,
  4. Mesfer M. Al Shahrani, MSc, PhD and
  5. Ayed A. Dera, MSc, PhD
  1. From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Mohammed, Sultan, Mesfer, Ayed), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha and from the Department of Microbiology (Ali), Armed Forces Hospital, Khamis Mushayt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Mohammed Makkawi, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: mmakkawi{at}kku.edu.sa ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3901-7267
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