Assessment of Hemoglobin Variants in Patients Receiving Health Care at the Ho Teaching Hospital: A Three-Year Retrospective Study.
Daniel Kpodji AwaiteyElliot Elikplim AkorsuEmmanuel Allote AlloteyDavid Annor KwasiePrecious Kwablah KwadzokpuiPhilip Apraku TawiahStephen Adomako AmankwahAlbert Abaka-YawsonPublished in: Advances in hematology (2020)
Patients receiving health care at the Ho Teaching Hospital had different hemoglobin variants with HbAS recording the highest prevalence. The high incidence of hemoglobin AS implies the possibility of having an increased population of individuals with sickle cell disease in future if measures are not put in place to improve screening, counseling, and education of the public about the health threat SCD poses.