Progress in researches on disease burden and health service utilization of beta-thalassemia patients in China

• Main Authors: Jingyi QIAO (Author), Jian MING (Author), Jiaqi YUAN (Author), Bingxing LUO (Author), Junling WENG (Author), Juntao YAN (Author), Yingyao CHEN (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Editorial Office of Chinese Journal of Public Health, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Thalassemia is an inherited hemoglobin disorder clinically categorized into alpha and beta thalassemia. Severe beta-thalassemia patients commonly experience anemia during infancy and progressively deteriorate, necessitating long-term blood transfusion to sustain life. The reliance on the blood trans...