Quality of life in thalassemia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1054, Issue , 2005, Pages 273-282

  Telfer, Paul ^a,e   Constantinidou, G ^b   Andreou, P ^c   Christou, S ^c   Modell, B ^d   Angastiniotis, M ^c  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UK Thalassaemia Society   (United Kingdom)

^c Archbishop Makarios III Hospital   (Cyprus)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adherence; Chelation; Compliance; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Thalassemia; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHELATION THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; CYPRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; THALASSEMIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

EID: 29744456558     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1345.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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