A One-Year Hospital Based Prospective Study of Sickle Cell Disease from One Capital Area of Kuwait by HPLC

What is it about?

Background & Objectives: Haemoglobinopathies are inherited disorders of haemoglobin synthesis that are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality all over the world. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is clinically one of the most important haemoglobinopathies. The disease is characterized by red blood cell abnormality including sickling and rigidity

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Why is it important?

The aim of retrospective study was to determine the different fractions of haemoglobins that appear in a chromatogram of patients with sickle cell disease and to measure different types of haemoglobins in one capital area in 2015.