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

Sickle Cell Anemia in an Arab Bedouin Village in the Northern Israel- An Observational Study

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.

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