title: [Treatment of thalassemia].
abstract: The management of Cooley's anemia today is based on: a careful transfusional therapy using international schedules with standardized parameters for evaluating its efficacy; prevention of iron overload improving the compliance for chelation therapy; blood transfusion with the optimal methods to prevent reactions mainly due to leukocytes; psychosocial and clinical approach of adolescent's problems.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003676:Deferoxamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D013156:Splenectomy; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
chemical_list: D003676:Deferoxamine
vernacular_title: Il trattamento della talassemia.