We performed a retrospective review of all subjects voluntarily seeking thalassemia screening2 at the Regional Centre for Thalassemia, Azienda Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-V. Cervello, Palermo (Italy) from January 2000 to July 2014. Our unit is the Hub Centre for Prenatal Diagnosis and Screening of Thalassemias for the whole Sicily. By using data on hospital admissions and mortality provided by Department Health Services and Epidemiological Observatory (DHSEO) of the Sicilian Region, we captured hospital admissions for different complications, as Diagnosis Codes according to the ICD-9-CM,3

The heterozygote state for beta-thalassemia detrimentally affects health outcomes

Scondotto S;
2017-01-01

Abstract

We performed a retrospective review of all subjects voluntarily seeking thalassemia screening2 at the Regional Centre for Thalassemia, Azienda Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-V. Cervello, Palermo (Italy) from January 2000 to July 2014. Our unit is the Hub Centre for Prenatal Diagnosis and Screening of Thalassemias for the whole Sicily. By using data on hospital admissions and mortality provided by Department Health Services and Epidemiological Observatory (DHSEO) of the Sicilian Region, we captured hospital admissions for different complications, as Diagnosis Codes according to the ICD-9-CM,3
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