Comparison of Blood Transfusion Plus Chelation Therapy and Bone Marrow Transplantation in Patients with β-Thalassemia: Application of SF-36, EQ-5D, and Visual Analogue Scale Measures

• Main Authors: Mehdi Javanbakht (Author), Ali Keshtkaran (Author), Hossien Shabaninejad (Author), Hassan Karami (Author), Maryam Zakerinia (Author), Sajad Delavari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: β-Thalassemia is a prevalent genetic disease in Mediterranean countries. The most common treatments for this disease are blood transfusion plus iron chelation (BTIC) therapy and bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Patients using these procedures experience different health-related quality...