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2006-09-13, 8:25 am

Risk factors for death in patients with beta-thalassemia major: results
of a case-control study.
Ceci A, Baiardi P, Catapano M, Felisi M, Cianciulli P, De Sanctis V,
Del Vecchio GC, Magnano C, Meo A, Maggio A
Haematologica. 2006 Sep 7;

This retrospective one to one matched case-control study was aimed at
evaluating risk factors for death in bb-thalassemic patients followed
in Italian centers between 1997 and 2001. The mortality risk was lower
in patients with good compliance to iron chelation therapy and in those
treated with deferiprone.


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