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. 2000 Jun 10;355(9220):2051-2.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02357-6.

Survival in beta-thalassaemia major in the UK: data from the UK Thalassaemia Register

B Modell, M Khan, M Darlison

Survival in beta-thalassaemia major in the UK: data from the UK Thalassaemia Register

B Modell et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

About 50% of UK patients with beta-thalassaemia major die before the age of 35 years, mainly because conventional iron-chelation therapy is too burdensome for full adherence. Patients require an individually-tailored treatment plan incorporating new, more tolerable approaches.

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