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Cochrane

• Cochrane Library
  • Zinc supplements for treating thalassaemia and sickle cell disease
  • Treatment for osteoporosis in people with ß-thalassaemia
  • Splenectomy for people with thalassaemia major or intermedia
  • Psychological therapies for thalassaemia
  • Oral deferiprone for iron chelation in people with thalassaemia
  • Hydroxyurea for reducing blood transfusion in non-transfusion dependent beta thalassaemias
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for people with ß-thalassaemia major
  • Growth hormone therapy for people with thalassaemia
  • Desferrioxamine mesylate for managing transfusional iron overload in people with transfusion-dependent thalassaemia
  • Deferasirox for managing iron overload in people with thalassaemia
  • Calcium channel blockers for preventing cardiomyopathy due to iron overload in people with transfusion-dependent beta thalassaemia

India

• Indian Journal of Medical Research
  • Past, present & future scenario of thalassaemic care & control in India [2011]

International

• Blood
  • Management of chronic viral hepatitis in patients with thalassemia: recommendations from an international panel [2010]

• Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Growth and endocrine disorders in thalassemia: The international network on endocrine complications in thalassemia (I-CET) position statement and guidelines [2013]

• Thalassaemia International Federation
  • Guidelines for the Management of Transfusion Dependent Thalassaemia (TDT) [2014]
  • Prevention of Thalassaemias and Other Haemoglobin Disorders [2013]
  • Guidelines for the Management of Non Transfusion Dependent Thalassaemia (NTDT) [2013]

Italy

• Società Italiana di Ematologia
  • Italian Society of Hematology practice guidelines for the management of iron overload in thalassemia major and related disorders [2008]

Maldives

• Journal of Community Genetics
  • Falling prevalence of beta-thalassaemia and eradication of malaria in the Maldives [2011]

Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Medical Journal
  • Molecular nature of alpha-globin genes in the Saudi population [2015]

United Kingdom

• UK Thalassaemia Society
  • Standards for the clinical care of children and adults with thalassaemia in the UK [2016]

United States of America

• American Heart Association
  • Cardiovascular function and treatment in ß-thalassemia major: a consensus statement from the American Heart Association [2013]

• Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
  • Guidelines for the Standard Monitoring of Patients with Thalassemia: Report of the Thalassemia Longitudinal Cohort [2015]

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