Health related quality of life in Middle Eastern children with beta-thalassemia

BMC Blood Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Caocci, Giovanni ^a,g   Efficace, Fabio ^b   Ciotti, Francesca ^c   Roncarolo, Maria G ^c   Vacca, Adriana ^a   Piras, Eugenia ^a   Littera, Roberto ^d   Markous, Raji Suleiman D ^e   Collins, Gary S ^f   Ciceri, Fabio ^c   Mandelli, Franco ^b   Marktel, Sarah ^c   La Nasa, Giorgio ^a,g  

^a Centro Trapianti di Midollo Osseo   (Italy)

^b Italian Group for Adult Hematologic Diseases GIMEMA Data Center   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Binaghi Hospital   (Italy)

^e Thalassemia Center   (Iraq)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

PEDsQL 4.0; Quality of life; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IRON CHELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSFUSION;

EID: 84862580111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2326-12-6     Document Type: Article

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