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Borgna-Pignatti C, Rugolotto S, De Stefano P, Piga A, Di Gregorio F, Gamberini M, et al.
Ann N Y Acad Sci . 1998 Jul; 850:227-31. PMID: 9668544
We studied survival and disease complications in 1,146 patients with thalassemia major, born from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1987. At last follow-up, in March 1997, probability of survival...
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Borgna Pignatti C, Carnelli V, Caruso V, Dore F, De Mattia D, Di Palma A, et al.
Acta Haematol . 1998 Apr; 99(2):76-9. PMID: 9554453
Thromboembolic (TE) events have been frequently reported in beta-thalassemic patients in association with known risk factors such as diabetes, complex cardiopulmonary abnormalities, hypothyroidism, liver function anomalies, and postsplenectomy thrombocytosis. In...
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Prati D, Zanella A, Bosoni P, Rebulla P, Farma E, De Mattei C, et al.
Blood . 1998 Feb; 91(3):774-7. PMID: 9446635
To evaluate the risk of transmitting blood-borne GB virus C/hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/HGV) and to define the natural course of infection, we performed a prospective study in a cohort of...
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Forni G, Melevendi C, Jappelli S, RASORE-QUARTINO A
Pediatr Hematol Oncol . 1993 Apr; 10(2):145-9. PMID: 8318369
We report on a family in which one member is affected by dyskeratosis congenita (DC), who had two cousins who died at 44 months and 36 months, respectively, with aplastic...
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Lattanzi F, Bellotti P, Picano E, Chiarella F, Mazzarisi A, Melevendi C, et al.
Circulation . 1993 Mar; 87(3):748-54. PMID: 8443895
Background: Patients with beta-thalassemia major present with severe anemia and need continuous transfusion therapy. The consequent iron overload leads to hemochromatosis. Initial cardiac dysfunction has been documented even in thalassemics...
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Borgna-Pignatti C, Zurlo M, DeStefano P, Boffa C, Desanctis V, Dipalma A, et al.
Bone Marrow Transplant . 1993 Jan; 12 Suppl 1:2-4. PMID: 8374554
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Wajcman H, Blouquit Y, Vasseur C, Le Querrec A, LANIECE M, Melevendi C, et al.
Hum Genet . 1992 Aug; 89(6):676-80. PMID: 1511986
With rare exceptions, the more than 600 human hemoglobin variants described are caused by a single point mutation. Other abnormal features, such as unequal crossing-over, frameshift mutagenesis or double mutations...
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Murru S, Poddie D, Sciarratta G, Agosti S, Baffico M, Melevendi C, et al.
Hum Mutat . 1992 Jan; 1(2):124-8. PMID: 1301199
This study describes a patient with a thalassemia intermedia-like phenotype in whom beta-globin gene sequencing detected a novel abnormal hemoglobin (Hb) due to a T-C substitution at codon 114 of...
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Spirito P, Lupi G, Melevendi C, Vecchio C
Circulation . 1990 Jul; 82(1):88-94. PMID: 2364528
The consequences of transfusional iron overload on left ventricular diastolic filling have never been investigated systematically in patients with thalassemia major. In the present study, the pattern of left ventricular...
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Zurlo M, De Stefano P, Borgna-Pignatti C, Di Palma A, Piga A, Melevendi C, et al.
Lancet . 1989 Jul; 2(8653):27-30. PMID: 2567801
Survival and causes of death were studied in 1087 Italian patients with thalassaemia major who were born on or after Jan 1, 1960. At the age of 15 years, the...