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Sickle Cell Anemia in an Arab Bedouin Village in the Northern Israel

NCT00481039 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2009-09-04

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Medical history and basic laboratory analysis

Medical history and basic laboratory analysis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • HaEmek Medical Center, Israel

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ariel Koren, MD · Pediatric Hematology Unit, Ha'Emek Medical Center

  • luci Zalman, Phd · Hematology Laboratory - HaEmek Medical Center

  • Tania Flaishman, Student · Pediatric Dpt B - Ha'Emek Medical Center

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-05-31
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2008-12-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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Diseases

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