Health Related Quality of Life in Patients with Transfusion-dependent Thalassemia.

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2016-08
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Patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia are expected to have an unfavorable quality of life due to multiple factors. We studied the quality of life in 72 patients (age 5-39 y) with transfusion-dependent thalassemia in the era of improved care, and assessed different parameters affecting it.
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Beta-thalassemia, Blood transfusion, Outcome
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Sachin Soni, Rajat Thawani, Tushar Idhate, Manas Kalra and Amita Mahajan.Health Related Quality of Life in Patients with Transfusion-dependent Thalassemia. Indian Pediatrics. 2016 Aug; 53(8): 741-742.