Risk factors for death in patients with beta-thalassemia major: results of a case-control study.
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.
Ceci
Adriana
A
Baiardi
Paola
P
Catapano
Mariana
M
Felisi
Mariagrazia
M
Cianciulli
Paolo
P
De Sanctis
Vincenzo
V
Del Vecchio
Giovanni Carlo
GC
Magnano
Carmelo
C
Meo
Anna
A
Maggio
Aurelio
A
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*