title: Recombinant erythropoietin vs. blood transfusion care in infants with hereditary spherocytosis: a retrospective cohort study of A.I.E.O.P. patients (Associazione Italiana Emato-Oncologia Pediatrica).
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit, Oncology Department, A.R.N.A.S. Ospedali Civico, Di Cristina e Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Piero
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3412-0399
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Farruggia
authors.affiliation: Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Puccio
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric and Public Health Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Ugo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ramenghi
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Clinic, Department of Child and Maternal Health, Azienda Ospedaliera-Università di Padova, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Raffaella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Colombatti
authors.affiliation: Fondazione Monza e Brianza per il bambino e la sua mamma, Monza, Italy.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Corti
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit, Oncology Department, A.R.N.A.S. Ospedali Civico, Di Cristina e Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trizzino
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Onco-Hematology, University Hospital, Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Angelica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barone
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Central Teaching Hospital Bolzano, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boscarol
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit, Oncology Department, A.R.N.A.S. Ospedali Civico, Di Cristina e Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabrizia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferraro
authors.affiliation: U.O.C. Pediatria, Treviso Hospital, Treviso, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grotto
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lo Valvo
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Ospedale S. Chiara, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Luti
authors.affiliation: Department of Woman, Child and General and Specialist Surgery, Università degli studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Sofia Maria Rosaria
authors.initials: SMR
authors.lastname: Matarese
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit, Oncology Department, A.R.N.A.S. Ospedali Civico, Di Cristina e Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mosa
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Clinic, Department of Child and Maternal Health, Azienda Ospedaliera-Università di Padova, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Caterina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Putti
authors.affiliation: Oncoematologia pediatrica, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rubert
authors.affiliation: U.O.C. Ematologia con Talassemia, A.R.N.A.S. Ospedali Civico, Di Cristina e Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovan Battista
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Ruffo
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Clinic, Department of Child and Maternal Health, Azienda Ospedaliera-Università di Padova, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sainati
authors.affiliation: Department of Woman, Child and General and Specialist Surgery, Università degli studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Immacolata
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tartaglione
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.affiliation: Department of Woman, Child and General and Specialist Surgery, Università degli studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Silverio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perrotta
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012156:Reticulocytes; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013103:Spherocytosis, Hereditary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004921:Erythropoietin