Changing patterns in the epidemiology of β-thalassemia

• Main Authors: Antonis Kattamis, Gian Luca Forni, Yesim Aydinok, Vip Viprakasit
• Other Authors: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• Format: Review
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/59300
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2020 The Authors. European Journal of Haematology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd β-thalassemia major is an inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires lifelong red blood cell transfusions and iron chelation therapy to prevent complications due to iron overload. Traditionally, β-thalassemia...