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. 2021 Jan 1;13(1):e2021008.
doi: 10.4084/MJHID.2021.008. eCollection 2021.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Severity in Patients with Thalassemias: A Nationwide Iranian Experience

Mehran Karimi  1 , Sezaneh Haghpanah  1 , Azita Azarkeivan  2 , Sara Matin  3 , Arash Safaei  1 , Vincenzo De Sanctis  4
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Severity in Patients with Thalassemias: A Nationwide Iranian Experience

Mehran Karimi et al. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis. .
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; IRAN; Thalassemia.

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Competing interests: The authors declare no conflict of Interest.

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Frequency of different comorbidities amongst the 3 groups of confirmed COVID-19 patients with β-thalassemias based on disease severity.
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