Pretransfusion hemoglobin level and mortality in adults with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia

Affiliations

• ¹ Center for Research on Rare Blood Disorders, Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
• ² S.C. Centro delle Microcitemie e Anemie Rare, ASL Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
• ³ Università di Cagliari, S.C. Centro delle Microcitemie e Anemie Rare, ASL Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
• ⁴ Hemoglobinopathies Reference Center, San Luigi Gonzaga Teaching Hospital, Department of Biological and Clinical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
• ⁵ Thalassemia Unit, ARNAS Garibaldi, Catania, Italy.
• ⁶ Centro della Microcitemia A.Quarta, Hematology Unit, A. Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy.
• ⁷ Day Hospital della Talassemia e delle Emoglobinopatie, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria S. Anna, Ferrara, Italy.
• ⁸ ForAnemia Foundation, Genoa, Italy.
• ⁹ Center for Microcythemia, Congenital Anemia and Iron Dysmetabolism, Galliera Hospital, Genoa, Italy.