Epidemiologic study of major complications in adolescent and adult patients with thalassemia in Northeastern Thailand: the E-SAAN study phase I.

CONCLUSION: Nearly half of the patients in this cohort had disease-related complications. Splenectomy and advanced age were important factors for complication involvement. Early screening for the complications may reduce the morbidity and mortality in patients with thalassemia. PMID: 28759343 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Hematology - Category: Hematology Tags: Hematology Source Type: research