Sickle Cell Anemia in an Arab Bedouin Village in the Northern Israel
Completed
- Conditions
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Interventions
- Procedure: Medical history and basic laboratory analysis
- Registration Number
- NCT00481039
- Lead Sponsor
- HaEmek Medical Center, Israel
- Brief Summary
Sickle cell anemia and sickle cell thalassemia are frequent diseases among the israeli arab population. The purpose of this study is to assess the clinical characteristics of the patients in one arab village and the laboratory characteristics in the carriers of this gene based in the screening for pregnant women that is carried out in the population of northern Israel.
The results can be useful in order to institute universal screening for sickle cell anemia in northern Israel.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 300
Inclusion Criteria
- All the patients that were diagnosed as having sickle cell disease in the specific village and all the population screened for hemoglobinopathies in the same location
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description 1 Medical history and basic laboratory analysis Patients diagnosed as having abnormal hemoglobin like hemoglobin S and thalassemia in a bedouin village
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Pediatric Hematology Unit - HaEmek Medical Center
🇮🇱Afula, Israel