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Genotype-phenotype relationship of patients with β-thalassemia taking hydroxyurea: a 13-year experience in Iran.
International journal of hematology - 1 Jan 2012
Karimi Mehran, Haghpanah Sezaneh, Farhadi Ali, Yavarian Majid
Abstract excerpt
We evaluated the clinical responses to hydroxyurea (HU), adverse effects, and β-globin gene variants in a large series of β-thalassemic patients over a 13-year period in Iran. The patients (n = 232) were divided into two groups: transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia patients 2 years of age and older (n = 126; Group 1), and β-thalassemia intermedia (βTI) patients without any history of blood transfusion or with a...
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