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      Survival of medically treated thalassemia patients in Cyprus. Trends and risk factors over the period 1980-2004 

      Telfer, Paul; Coen, Pietro G.; Christou, Soteroula; Hadjigavriel, Michael; Kolnakou, Anita; Pangalou, Evangelia; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Psiloines, Michael; Simamonian, Krikor; Skordos, Georghios; Sitarou, Maria; Angastiniotis, Michael (2006)
      BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: A large number of patients with thalassemia major have been born and treated exclusively in Cyprus. They have been managed according to standard international practice, but few have been transplanted. ...
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      Ultrastructural pathology of the heart in patients with beta-thalassaemia major 

      Kyriacou, Kyriacos; Michaelides, Y.; Senkus, R.; Simamonian, Krikor; Pavlidis, Nicholas; Antoniades, L.; Zambartas, C. (2000)
      Patients with beta-thalassaemia major frequently suffer from hypersiderosis which leads to hemochromatosis of major organs such as the heart and liver. Little information exists about the ultrastructural pathology of the ...