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• Survival and complications in patients with thalassemia major treated with transfusion and deferoxamine.

  Borgna-Pignatti C, Rugolotto S, De Stefano P, Zhao H, Cappellini MD, Del Vecchio GC, Romeo MA, Forni GL, Gamberini MR, Ghilardi R, Piga A, Cnaan A. Borgna-Pignatti C, et al. Haematologica. 2004 Oct;89(10):1187-93. Haematologica. 2004. PMID: 15477202