Magnitude of cumulative iron overload correlates with the severity of anemia in untreated non-transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia

Affiliations

• ¹ Thalassemia Center, Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
• ² Department of Clinical Sciences and Community, Ca' Granda Foundation IRCCS Maggiore Policlinico Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
• ³ Department of Hematology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
• ⁴ Wallenberg Research Centre, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
• ⁵ Department of Pediatric Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
• ⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, P.O. Box 11-0236, Beirut, 11072020, Lebanon. [email protected].