Untreated Anemia in Nontransfusion-dependent β-thalassemia: Time to Sound the Alarm

Affiliations

¹ Thalassemia Center, Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
² Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
³ Department of Clinical Sciences and Community, University of Milan, Ca' Granda Foundation IRCCS Maggiore Policlinico Hospital, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Hematology, Necker Hospital, Paris, France.
⁵ Division of Hematology, University of Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics & Thalassemia Center, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
⁸ Department of Haematology, University College London, UK.

Editorial

Khaled M Musallam et al. Hemasphere. 2022.

. 2022 Nov 15;6(12):e806.

doi: 10.1097/HS9.0000000000000806. eCollection 2022 Dec.

¹ Thalassemia Center, Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
² Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
³ Department of Clinical Sciences and Community, University of Milan, Ca' Granda Foundation IRCCS Maggiore Policlinico Hospital, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Hematology, Necker Hospital, Paris, France.
⁵ Division of Hematology, University of Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics & Thalassemia Center, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
⁸ Department of Haematology, University College London, UK.

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