Untreated Anemia in Nontransfusion-dependent β-thalassemia: Time to Sound the Alarm

• Khaled M. Musallam,
• Ali T. Taher,
• Maria Domenica Cappellini,
• Olivier Hermine,
• Kevin H. M. Kuo,
• Sujit Sheth,
• Vip Viprakasit,
• John B. Porter

Affiliations

Khaled M. Musallam

1 Thalassemia Center, Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Ali T. Taher

2 Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Maria Domenica Cappellini

3 Department of Clinical Sciences and Community, University of Milan, Ca’ Granda Foundation IRCCS Maggiore Policlinico Hospital, Milan, Italy

Olivier Hermine

4 Department of Hematology, Necker Hospital, Paris, France

Kevin H. M. Kuo

5 Division of Hematology, University of Toronto, ON, Canada

Sujit Sheth

6 Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA

Vip Viprakasit

7 Department of Pediatrics & Thalassemia Center, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

John B. Porter

8 Department of Haematology, University College London, UK