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Barriers to adherence to iron chelation therapy among adolescent with transfusion dependent thalassemia

STUDY BACKGROUND: Thalassemia is the commonest genetic blood disorder in Malaysia which requires life-long blood transfusions. From a total of 7,984 thalassemia patients in Malaysia, adolescent age group account for the highest number of patients (2,680 patients, 33.57%). In developed countries, the...

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Autores principales: Mohamed, Rafaa, Abdul Rahman, Amir Hamzah, Masra, Farin, Abdul Latiff, Zarina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9582426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36275066
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.951947