A nationwide survey of hospital-based thalassemia patients and standards of care and a preliminary assessment of the national prevention program in Sri Lanka.
Premawardhana AP, Mudiyanse R, De Silva ST, Jiffry N, Nelumdeniya U, de Silva U, Lamabadusuriya SP, Pushpakumara K, Dissanayaka R, Jansz M, Rifaya I, Navarathne U, Thirukumaran V, Arambepola M, Dayanada Bandara W, Vaidyanatha U, Mendis D, Weerasekara K, De Silva N, Shantha Kumara DK, Amarasena SD, Hemantha KK, Refai MACM, Silva I, Hameed N, Rajiyah F, Mettananda S, Allen A, Weatherall DJ, Oliveri NF.
Premawardhana AP, et al.
PLoS One. 2019 Aug 16;14(8):e0220852. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220852. eCollection 2019.
PLoS One. 2019.
PMID: 31419232
Free PMC article.
OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to describe the numbers and distribution of patients with different types of thalassemia and to assess the standards of care in all thalassemia treatment centers throughout Sri Lanka and the success of the ongoing prevention programme. …
OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to describe the numbers and distribution of patients with different types of thalassemia and to assess the standards …