Safa A. Faraj

Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Wasit University, Children Welfare Teaching Hospital, Medical City, Kut, Iraq

Publications

• Original Article   
  Myelo-Proliferative Disorders in Children: A Ten-Year Experience of Single Institute in Baghdad, Iraq
  Author(s): Mazin F. Al-Jadiry, Hasanein H. Ghali, Safa A. Faraj* and Salma A. Al-Hadad
  
  Background: The myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and myeloproliferative disorders (MPD) are rare in childhood, accounting for about 3% of childhood malignancies. It is helpful to consider these syndromes as part of a continuum with the myelodysplastic syndromes on one end and the myeloproliferative syndromes on the other, with a group of “bridging” syndromes in between. Aim of the study: To study the epidemiological and clinical features of Myeloproliferative disorders in Children Welfare Teaching Hospital (CWTH), Medical City, Baghdad. Patients and Methods: A retrospective study was done over 10-year period, between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2009. Fifty consecutive pediatric patients below the age of 14 years with newly diagnosed MPS treated and followed at the oncology u.. Read More»