[Epidemiology of thalassemia in Sicily. Sicilian Regional Epidemiologic Surveillance. Sicilian Cooperative Group for the Study of Thalassemia and Hemoglobinopathies]
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[Epidemiology of thalassemia in Sicily. Sicilian Regional Epidemiologic Surveillance. Sicilian Cooperative Group for the Study of Thalassemia and Hemoglobinopathies]
Abstract
A Sicilian Register of Thalassaemia set up in 1984 revealed 912 cases of Thalassaemia Major and 216 of Th. Intermedia on the island in that year. A significant decrease in the number of Cooley disease births was also noted in 1982-1984.
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