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Causes of hospital admission in children and adults with transfusion-dependent thalassemia in Sardinia, 2000–2015

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Acknowledgements

We would like to address special thanks to Luigia Prontu and Brunella Salis for the precious contribution in acquiring and classifying the hospital discharge forms.

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RO and IF designed the research study and wrote the paper. FA analyzed the data. LM gave a substantial contribute to the acquisition of data. MLF, GBL, MM, PM, MP, RAP, VO, CD, and SC contributed to acquiring, analyzing, and interpreting the data. All the authors revised the paper critically and approved the final version.

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  1. Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

    Raffaella Origa, Franco Anni, Ilenia Follesa & Paolo Moi

  2. Ospedale Pediatrico Microcitemico “A.Cao”– A.O. G.Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy

    Raffaella Origa, Franco Anni, Ilenia Follesa, Simona Campus, Carlo Dessì, Maria Loreta Foschini, GiovanBattista Leoni, Paolo Moi, Maddalena Morittu, Valeria Orecchia, Maria Perra, Antonietta Zappu & Rosa Anna Podda

  3. University of Nuoro, Nuoro, Italy

    Luca Mereu & Rosa Anna Podda

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Origa, R., Anni, F., Mereu, L. et al. Causes of hospital admission in children and adults with transfusion-dependent thalassemia in Sardinia, 2000–2015. Ann Hematol 96, 1041–1042 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-017-2963-4

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