Adherence to Iron Chelation Therapy and Its Determinants
Background: Thalassemia is a chronic disease requiring lifelong treatment. The adherence to regular iron chelation therapy is important to ensure complication-free survival and good quality of life. The study aim to assess the adherence to iron chelation therapy (ICT) in patients with transfusion...
Main Authors: | Sukhmani Sidhu, Shruti Kakkar, Priyanka Dewan, Namita Bansal, Praveen C. Sobti |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2021-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Research |
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Online Access: | https://ijhoscr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijhoscr/article/view/1262 |
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