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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1998 44(5):311-312; doi:10.1093/tropej/44.5.311
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ß-Thalassaemia Major in Kuwait

L. Al-Fuzae*,, K. C. Aboolbacker* and Q. Al-Saleh**

*Department of Paediatrics, Sabah Hospital Kuwait
**Department of Paediatrics, Farwaniya Hospital Kuwait

Dr L. Al-Fuzae, Department of Paediatrics, Sabah Hospital, PO Box 4078, Shuwaikh, Kuwait

A combined retrospective and prospective study of 129 ß-thalassaemia major patients seen between 1965 and 1995 in Sabah Hospital, Kuwait has been carried out. The age range at diagnosis was 2 to 84 months, median 9 months. In {bsim}80 per cent, the patients were outcomes of first- or second-cousin marriages. Nine (7 per cent) of the patients were HBsAg positive, while 42 (33 per cent) were hepatitis C seropositive. Eleven (9 per cent) patients had had bone marrow transplantation (BMT). There was no BMT-related mortality, but there were three graft rejections and two cases of chronic graft versus-host disease (GVHD).


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