Higher Hospitalization Rate for Lower Airway Infection in Transfusion-Naïve Thalassemia Children

• Main Authors: Ti-An Tsai (Author), Chang-Ku Tsai (Author), Yao-Hsu Yang (Author), Zon-Min Lee (Author), Jiunn-Ming Sheen (Author), Yi-Chen Lee (Author), Chih-Min Tsai (Author), Chih-Cheng Chen (Author), Chih-Hao Chang (Author), Chen-Kuang Niu (Author), Hong-Ren Yu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Few studies have addressed the risk of infection in transfusion-naïve thalassemia patients. We aimed to investigate whether transfusion-naïve thalassemia population has higher hospitalization rates for lower airway infection-related diseases than non-thalassemia population in children. A nationwid...