Affiliation: | 1. Department of Internal Medicine, Haematology‐Oncology Division, American University of Beirut Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon;2. Department of Paediatrics, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt;3. Department of Paediatrics, Thrombosis and Haemostasis Unit, Haematology Research Centre, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;4. Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman;5. Genetic and Thalassaemia Centre, Al Wasl Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates;6. Centro Anemie Congenite, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, IRCCS, University of Milan, Milano, Italy.E‐mailataher@aub.edu.lb |