Objective To record and update the sero-epidemiological status of Hepatitis A virus in Eastern
Saudi Arabia. To investigate the main viral etiology of clinical hepatitis in children and …

OBJECTIVE: Alpha-thalassemia is frequently encountered in eastern Saudi Arabia. We wanted
to find out laboratory based incidence and laboratory features of Hemoglobin H disease …

There is no published data regarding adult acute leukemia (AL) in the United Arab Emirates
(UAE). Our objectives were to determine the distribution and incidence of adult AL in UAE (…

BACKGROUND α-thalassemia is known to be prevalent in the Eastern region of Saudi Arabia.
There are no large-scale reports regarding the effect of α-thalassemia on red cell indices …

MATERIALS AND METHODS We collected 40,013 blood specimens from apparently healthy
blood donors from July 1995 to December 1997. The Dammam Regional Laboratory and …

The authors report an unusual case of an infant presenting with a congenital peripheral
primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PPNET) of the left hand refractory to treatment. A newborn girl …

Acquired inhibitors to factor VIII in non-hemophiliacs are rare, occurring in one of every five
million individuals, and can lead to spontaneous hemorrhages. 1 They may develop in …

Bone marrow appearances in aplastic anemia are characterized by the abundance of fatty
marrow that replaces normal functional marrow. The signal intensity of aplastic bone marrow …

alpha-thalassemia is known to be prevalent in the Eastern region of Saudi Arabia. There are
no largescale reports regarding the effect of alpha-thalassemia on red cell indices of cord …

The combination of seizures, hypertensive encephalopathy, and neuroblastoma has not been
described before. The authors report one case, which is not only of interest in its own right, …