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Predicting Future Blood Demand from Thalassemia Major Patients in Hong Kong

BACKGROUND: In Hong Kong, thalassemia major (TM) patients utilized up to 9.5% of blood supply in 2009. For long-term management of blood supply, we predicted the future blood demand of TM patients for the next 10 years. METHODS AND RESULTS: Annual individual transfusion data in 2005–2009 and demogra...

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Autores principales: Lau, Eric H. Y., He, Xiu-Qing, Lee, Cheuk-Kwong, Wu, Joseph T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24349138
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081846