Changing patterns of splenectomy in transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients

Am J Hematol. 2011 Sep;86(9):808-10. doi: 10.1002/ajh.22102.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Blood Transfusion*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cohort Studies
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Humans
  • Hypersplenism / etiology
  • Hypersplenism / prevention & control
  • Infant
  • Iron Overload / prevention & control
  • Italy
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / trends*
  • Quality of Life
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Software
  • Splenectomy* / adverse effects
  • Splenectomy* / statistics & numerical data
  • Splenomegaly / etiology
  • Splenomegaly / prevention & control
  • Survival Analysis
  • Thalassemia / physiopathology
  • Thalassemia / surgery*
  • Thalassemia / therapy
  • Young Adult