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- Title
Inherited bleeding disorders in Afghanistan: The current situation amid COVID‐19.
- Authors
Mousavi, Sayed Hamid; Qaderi, Shohra; Ahmadi, Attaullah; Madadi, Shekiba; Arif, Shamim; Essar, Mohammad Yasir; Lucero‐Prisno, Don Eliseo
- Abstract
Inherited bleeding disorders in Afghanistan: The current situation amid COVID-19 However, these packages did not include rare diseases such as haemophilia.8 This paper aims to elucidate the challenges haemophilia patients face in Afghanistan. Keywords: Afghanistan; challenges; COVID-19; Haemophilia; inherited bleeding disorders EN Afghanistan challenges COVID-19 Haemophilia inherited bleeding disorders e579 e580 2 07/21/21 20210701 NES 210701 INTRODUCTION Inherited bleeding disorders consist of a heterogeneous sort of diseases that reflect abnormalities of blood vessels, coagulation proteins and platelets.1 Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is the most common type of these bleeding disorders, followed by haemophilia A and haemophilia B, which are both x-linked recessive disorders, mainly affecting men.2 Haemophilia occurs in all ethnic groups throughout the world.
- Subjects
AFGHANISTAN; VON Willebrand disease; COVID-19; MEDICAL personnel; HEMORRHAGE; HIV infections; PHYSICIANS
- Publication
Haemophilia, 2021, Vol 27, Issue 4, pe579
- ISSN
1351-8216
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/hae.14332