Prevalence of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Infections among Multi-transfused Thalassaemic Patients

@inproceedings{Haque2015PrevalenceOH,
  title={Prevalence of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Infections among Multi-transfused Thalassaemic Patients},
  author={Atm Emdadul Haque and Husni Zaim bin Ab Latiff},
  year={2015}
}
Objective: Therefore this study was aimed to determine the prevalence of Hepatitis B and C infections among the multi-transfused Thalassaemic patients. Methodology: The medical records of total 100 patients with thalassaemia attending the Day Care Ambulatory Unit for blood transfusion in Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital was collected in order to extract relevant information pertaining to the study. Results: Among the 100 multi-transfused thalassaemic patients, 48% were females and 52% were males… 
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