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Shahina Daar

Oman
Department of Hematology
Sultan Qaboos University
Visiting scholar:
  • 2017 Second Semester
  • 2019 Second Semester
  • 2022 First Semester
  • 2023 First Semester

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The Sultanate of Oman is in a unique geographical location, at the Southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. Historically, it has a strong sea-faring tradition, taking advantage of the monsoon winds...
Homozygous Beta thalassaemia is a lifelong condition requiring regular blood transfusions from infancy.  The resulting iron overload damages the heart, liver and endocrines organs in particular, but can...
Unlike Hepatitis B, there is no vaccine available for protection against Hepatitis C virus (HCV).  Multi transfused patients eg patients with sickle cell disease and thalassaemia were at particular risk...
Patients with thalassemia major require regular blood transfusions from 6-12 months of age to stay alive. This eventually results in massive iron overload; the body has no mechanism for ridding itself...
Β-thalassemia is classified into three phenotypes, depending on the severity of symptoms: 1) thalassemia major (TM); 2) thalassemia Intermedia (TI); 3) β trait or thalassemia minor (Tm). Recent data...
Patients with homozygous beta thalassemia have complex clinical complications due to the need for blood transfusions and iron overload. Liver pathology due to the latter and a high prevalence of hepatitis...
 

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Musallam, Khaled M., Maria Domenica Cappellini, Shahina Daar, Amal El-Beshlawy and Ali T. Taher. 2023. Magnitude of cumulative iron overload correlates with the severity of anemia in untreated non-transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia. Annals of Hematology, 102(2), 467–469. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-022-05046-9

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Sanctis, Vincenzo de, Ashraf T. Soliman, Shahina Daar, Ploutarchos Tzoulis, Bernadette Fiscina and Christos Kattamis. 2022. Retrospective observational studies: Lights and shadows for medical writers. Acta Biomedica2, 93, e2022319. https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v93i5.13179

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Musallam, Khaled M., Maria Domenica Cappellini, Shahina Daar, Ali T. Taher. 2022. Morbidity-free survival and hemoglobin level in non-transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia: a 10-year cohort study. Annals of Hematology, 101(1), 203–204. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-020-04370-2

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Musallam, Khaled M., Angela Vitrano, Antonella Meloni, Walter Addario Pollina, Mehran Karimi, Amal El-Beshlawy, Mahmoud Hajipour, Vito Di Marco, Saqib Hussain Ansari, Aldo Filosa, Paolo Ricchi, Adriana Ceci, Shahina Daar, Efthymia Vlachaki, Sylvia Titi Singer, Zaki A. Naserullah, Alessia Pepe, Salvatore Scondotto, Gabriella Dardanoni, Fedele Bonifazi, Vijay G. Sankaran, Elliott Vichinsky, Ali T. Taher, and Aurelio Maggio (2021). Survival and causes of death in 2,033 patients with non-transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia. Haematologica, 106(9), 2489–2492. https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2021.278684

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Musallam, Khaled M., Angela Vitrano, Antonella Meloni, Sebastiano Addario Pollina, Mehran Karimi, Amal El‐Beshlawy, Mahmoud Hajipour, Vito Di Marco, Saqib Hussain Ansari, Also Filosa, Paolo Ricchi, Adriana Ceci, Shahina Daar, Efthymia Vlachaki, Sylvia Titi Singer, Zaki A. Naserullah, Alessia Pepe, Salvatore Scondotto, Gabriella Dardanoni, Fedele Bonifazi, Vijay G. Sankaran, Elliot Vichinsky, Ali T. Taher and Aurelio Maggio. 2022. Risk of mortality from anemia and iron overload in nontransfusion‐dependent β‐thalassemia. American Journal of Hematology, 97(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/ajh.26428

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Daar, Shahina, Muna Al Saadoon, Yasser Wali, Rawan Al Mujaini, Sarah Al Rahbi, Moon Fai Chan, Alya Al-Siyabi, Niveen Alansary, Sangeetha Mahadevan, Samir Al-Adawi. 2021. Cognitive Function in Adults with Beta-Thalassemia Major in Oman: A Pilot Study. Oman Medical Journal, 36(6), e322–e322. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2021.101

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Vitrano, Angela, Khaled M. Musallam, Antonella Meloni., Sebastiano Addario Pollina, Mehran Karimi , Amal El-Beshlawy, Mahmoud Hajipour, Vito Di Marco, Saqib Hussain Ansari, Aldo Filosa, Paolo Ricchi, Adriana Ceci, Shahina Daar, Efthymia Vlachaki, Sylvia Titi Singer, Zaki A. Naserullah, Alessia Pepe, Salvatore Scondotto, Gabriella Dardanoni, Fedele Bonifazi, Vijay G. Sankaran, Elliott Vichinsky, Ali T. Taher and Aurelio Maggio. 2022. Random Forest Clustering Identifies Three Subgroups of β-Thalassemia with Distinct Clinical Severity. Thalassemia Reports, 12(1), 14–23. https://doi.org/10.3390/thalassrep12010004

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Musallam, Khaled M., Angela Vitrano, Antonella Meloni, Sebastiano Addario Pollina, Vito Di Marco, Saqib Hussain Ansari, Aldo Filosa, Paolo Ricchi, Adriana Ceci, Shahina Daar, Efthymia Vlachaki, Sylvia T. Singer, Zaki A. Naserullah, Alessia Pepe, Salvatore Scondotto, Gabriella Dardanoni, Mehran Karimi, Amal El‐Beshlawy, Mahmoud Hajipour, Fedele Bonifazi, Elliott Vichinsky, Ali T. Taher, Vijay G. Sankaran, Aurelio Maggio. 2021. Primary HBB gene mutation severity and long‐term outcomes in a global cohort of β‐thalassaemia. British Journal of Haematology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.17897

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Vitrano, Angela, Antonella Meloni, Walter Addario Pollina, Mehran Karimi, Amal El‐Beshlawy, Mahmoud Hajipour, Vito Di Marco, Saqib Hussain Ansari, Aldo Filosa, Paolo Ricchi, Adriana Ceci, Shahina Daar, Sylvia Titi Singer, Zaki A Naserullah, Alessia Pepe, Salvatore Scondotto, Gabriella Dardanoni, Fedele Bonifazi, Elliott Vichinsky ad Aurelio Maggio. 2020. A complication risk score to evaluate clinical severity of thalassaemia syndromes. British Journal of Haematology, bjh.17203. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.17203

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Shahina Daar, Murtadha Al Khabori, Sarah Al Rahbi, Moez Hassan, AbuBakr El Tigani and Dudley J Pennell. 2020. Cardiac T2* MR in patients with thalassemia major: a 10-year long-term follow-up. Annals of Hematology, 99(9), 2009–2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-020-04117-z

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Sunil K. Nadar, Shahina Daar, Wael A. Abdelmottale, Muhammad M. Shaikh, Hafsa Al Mahrouqi Majida Al‑Raiisi, Moez Hassan, Badar Al Rawahi, Sarah Al Rahbi. 2020. Abnormal diastolic function and Global longitudinal strain in patients with Thalassemia Major on long term chelation therapy. The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-020-02036-8

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De Sanctis, Vincenzo, Ashraf T. Soliman, Shahina Daar, Niveen Alansary, Antonis Kattamis, Myrto Skafida, Maria Concetta Galati, Soteroula Christou, Saveria Campisi, Giuseppe Messina, Mohamed A. Yassin, Duran Canatan, Salvatore Di Maio, Soad Al Jaouni, Giuseppe Raiola, Karimi Mehran, Valeria Kaleva, Shruti Kakkar, Demetris Mariannis, Christos Kattamis. 2020. A concise review on the frequency, major risk factors and surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) in β-thalassemias: past, present and future perspectives. Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 12(1), e2020006. https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2020.006

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De Sanctis, Vincenzo, Ashraf T Soliman, Heba Elsedfy, Alice Albu, Soad Al Jaouni, Salvatore Anastasi, Maria Grazia Bisconte, Duran Canatan, Soteroula Christou, Shahina Daar, Salvatore Di Maio, Mohamed El Kholy, Doaa Khater, Mohamed Elshinawy, Yurdanur Kilinc, Roberto Mattei, Hala H Mosli, Alessandra Quota, Maria Grazia Roberti, et al. 2016. Review and Recommendations on Management of Adult Female Thalassemia Patients with Hypogonadism based on Literature Review and Experience of ICET-A Network Specialists. Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases 9(1):e2017001. http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/20017.001

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De Sanctis, Vincenzo, Ashraf T Soliman, Heba Elsedfy, Alice Albu, Soad Al Jaouni, Salvatore Anastasi, Maria Grazia Bisconte, Duran Canatan, Soteroula Christou, Shahina Daar, Salvatore Di Maio, Mohamed El Kholy, Doaa Khater, Mohamed Elshinawy, Yurdanur Kilinc, Roberto Mattei, Hala H Mosli, Alessandra Quota, Maria Grazia Roberti, Praveen Sobti, saif AL Yaarubi, Saveria Canpisi and Christos Kattamis. 2016. The ICET-A Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Disturbances of Glucose Homeostasis in Thalassemia Major Patients. Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases 8:e2016058. http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/2016.058

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De Sanctis, Vincenzo, Ashraf T Soliman, Duran Canatan, Ploutarchos Tzoulis, Shahina Daar, Salvatore Di Maio, Heba Elsedfy, Mohamed A Yassin, Aldo Filosa, Nada Soliman, Mehran Karimi, Forough Saki, Praveen Sobti, Shruti Kakkar, Soteroula Christou, Alice Albu, Constantinos Christodoulides, Yudanur Kilinc, Soad Al Jaouni, Doaa Khater, Saif A Alyaarubi, Su Han Lum, Saveria Campisi, Salvatore Anastasi, Maria Concetta Galati, Giuseppe Raiola, Yasser Wali, Ihab Z Elhakim, Demetris Mariannis, Vassilis Ladis and Christos Kattamis. 2018. An ICET-A survey on occult and emerging endocrine complications in patients with β-thalassemia major: Conclusions and recommendations. ACTA BIOMEDICA, 89(4), 481–489. https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i4.774

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Al-Riyami, Arwa Z. and Shahina Daar. 2018. Transfusion in Haemoglobinopathies: Review and recommendations for local blood banks and transfusion services in Oman. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal [SQUMJ], 18(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2018.18.01.002

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Al-Khabori, Murtadha and Shahina Daar. 2018. Understanding Iron Metabolism: Lessons from Transfusion-dependent Thalassemia. Oman Medical Journal, 33(1), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2018.01

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Al-Khabori, Murtadha, Shahina Daar, Said A Al-Busafi, Humoud Al-Dhuhli, AlGhalya A Alumairi, Moez Hassan, Sara Al-Rahbi and Umaima Al-Ajmi. 2019. Noninvasive assessment and risk factors of liver fibrosis in patients with thalassemia major using shear wave elastography. Hematology, 24(1), 183–188. https://doi.org/10.1080/10245332.2018.1540518

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