title: Risk factors for death in patients with beta-thalassemia major: results of a case-control study.
abstract: This retrospective one to one matched case-control study was aimed at evaluating risk factors for death in beta-thalassemic patients followed in Italian centers between 1997 and 2001. The mortality risk was lower in patients with good compliance to iron chelation therapy and in those treated with deferiprone.
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ceci
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baiardi
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Catapano
authors.forename: Mariagrazia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Felisi
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cianciulli
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: De Sanctis
authors.forename: Giovanni Carlo
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Del Vecchio
authors.forename: Carmelo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Magnano
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meo
authors.forename: Aurelio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maggio
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality*