Affiliation: | 1. Sickle Cell Disease Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University, , Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;2. Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, , Boston, Massachusetts;3. Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, , Boston, Massachusetts;4. Center for Human Genetics, Boston University School of Medicine, , Boston, Massachusetts;5. King Fahad Hospital, , Hofuf, Saudi Arabia;6. Maternity & Child Hospital, , Dammam, Saudi Arabia;7. Al‐Omran Scientific Chair, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, , Al‐Ahsa, Saudi Arabia |