Compliance score as a monitoring tool to promote treatment adherence in children with thalassemia major for improved physical growth

Background/Hypothesis: Creeping monotony in the treatment provides minimal motivation for children with beta-thalassemia major, leading to noncompliance for adequate blood transfusions and iron chelation therapy. This study was envisaged to formulate a clinical compliance score and correlate the sco...

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Main Authors: Sarala Kannan, Amarjeet Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Asian Journal of Transfusion Science
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Online Access:http://www.ajts.org/article.asp?issn=0973-6247;year=2017;volume=11;issue=2;spage=108;epage=114;aulast=Kannan