Article
Decreased transfusion needs associated with hydroxyurea therapy in Algerian patients with thalassemia major or intermedia.
Transfusion - 1 Oct 2007
Bradai Mohamed, Pissard Serge, Abad Mohand Tayeb, Dechartres Agnes, Ribeil Jean-Antoine, Landais Paul, de Montalembert Mariane
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BACKGROUND: Studies of evolution of transfusion requirements in thalassemic patients treated with hydroxyurea have produced somewhat conflicting results, especially in patients with thalassemia major. Our aims were to determine the proportion of good responders to hydroxyurea in a population of t...
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