Open Access<p>Prevalence of Congenital Hemolytic Disorders in Denmark, 2000–2016</p>
Author(s) -
Dennis Lund Hansen,
Andreas Glenthøj,
Sören Möller,
Bart J. Biemond,
Kjeld Andersen,
David Garcı́a-Dorado,
Jesper Petersen,
Henrik Frederiksen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s250251
Subject(s) - medicine , hereditary spherocytosis , pediatrics , spherocytosis , sickle cell trait , thalassemia , danish , hemolytic anemia , epidemiology , disease , demography , splenectomy , linguistics , philosophy , spleen , sociology
Congenital red blood cell (RBC) disorders, such as hemoglobinopathies, are frequent worldwide but with large geographical variation. Growing migration has increased the number of patients with RBC disorders in formerly low prevalence countries, eg, Denmark. However, accurate prevalences are unknown.