SURVIVAL AND CAUSES OF DEATH IN THALASSAEMIA MAJOR

The Lancet

Volumn 334, Issue 8653, 1989, Pages 27-30

  Zurlo, MariaGrazia ^a,b,c,d   De Stefano, Piero ^a,b,c,d   Borgna Pignatti, Caterina ^a,b,c,d   Di Palma, Annunziata ^a,b,c,d   Melevendi, Caterina ^a,b,c,d   Piga, Antonio ^a,b,c,d   Di Gregorio, Felicia ^a,b,c,d   Burattini, MariaGabriella ^a,b,c,d   Terzoli, Severina ^a,b,c,d  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Sant'Anna di Cona   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; FATALITY; HEART DISEASE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; ITALY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFECTION; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0024337363     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(89)90264-X     Document Type: Article

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