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Unheard of until 1925, when Cooley and Lee under the title, ”A series of cases of splenomegaly in children with anemia and peculiar bone changes“, separated this syndrome from other cases of childhood anemia, thalassemia has risen gradually to an unparalleled prominence. The disease has existed with us over many millenia, if the paleo-anthropological evidence obtained from excavated skulls is being interpreted correctly.
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Fessas, P. (1989). Introduction. In: Papavasiliou, C., Cambouris, T., Fessas, P. (eds) Radiology of Thalassemia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72587-6_1
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