Longitudinal Study of Survival and Causes of Death in Patients with Thalassemia Major in Greece

: Iron‐induced organ degeneration is the main factor of mortality in patients with thalassemia major. Since chelation therapy is at a turning point, from the laborious parenteral route to the use of new promising oral agents, we investigated the current status of survival of these patients to presen...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2005-11, Vol.1054 (1), p.445-450
Hauptverfasser:	LADIS, VASSILIS, CHOULIARAS, GEORGE, BERDOUSI, HELEN, KANAVAKIS, EMMANUEL, KATTAMIS, CHRISTOS
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - mortality Adolescent Adult Age Factors beta-Thalassemia - drug therapy beta-Thalassemia - epidemiology beta-Thalassemia - mortality beta-Thalassemia - surgery beta-Thalassemia - therapy Blood Transfusion Bone Marrow Transplantation - mortality Cause of Death causes of death Chelation Therapy Child Child, Preschool Cohort Studies Combined Modality Therapy Female Ferritins - blood Greece Greece - epidemiology Heart Failure - mortality Hemosiderosis - etiology Hemosiderosis - mortality Humans Life Expectancy Life Tables Liver Diseases - mortality Longitudinal Studies Male Middle Aged Sepsis - mortality survival Survival Analysis thalassemia major Thromboembolism - mortality
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