Survival and disease complications in thalassemia major
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, ISSN: 0077-8923, Vol: 850, Issue: 1, Page: 227-231
1998
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- Citations286
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- 284
- CrossRef232
- Clinical Citations1
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- Captures71
- Readers71
- 71
Conference Paper Description
We studied survival and disease complications in 1146 patients with thalassemia major, born from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1987. At last follow-up, in March 1997, probability of survival to age 20 years was 89% and to age 25 years was 82% for patients born in the years 1970-1974. Patients who died had a serum ferritin level, measured the year before death, significantly higher than those who survived. Diabetes was present in 5.4% of the patients; heart failure in 6.4%, arrhythmias in 5.0%, thrombosis in 1.1%, hypothyroidism in 11.6%, HIV infection in 1.8%. Hypogonadism was diagnosed in 55% of 578 patients who had reached pubertal age: 83.5% of hypogonadic females and 78.6% of males were receiving substitutive hormonal therapy. In conclusion, the survival of patients with thalassemia major is good and improving, but the prevalence of severe complications is still high.
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