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Thalassemia Reports, Volume 12, Issue 2

June 2022 - 4 articles

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Articles (4)

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,201 Views
5 Pages

The First Case of Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Triggered by the Booster Dose of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in a Patient with β-Thalassemia

  • Giuseppina Calvaruso,
  • Marta Chiavetta,
  • Disma Renda,
  • Simona Raso,
  • Francesco Dieli,
  • Vincenzo Luca Lentini,
  • Massimo Gentile,
  • Antonio Carroccio and
  • Aurelio Maggio

Background: Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare and potentially life-threatening systemic hyperinflammatory disease, which can have several aetiologies. Clinical case: a 48-year-old woman affected by a transfusion-dependent β-tha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,612 Views
7 Pages

The Effect of COVID-19 on Hemoglobinopathy Patients’ Daily Lives While Quarantined: Four Greek Hospitals’ Experiences

  • Sophia Delicou,
  • Aikaterini Xydaki,
  • Konstantinos Manganas,
  • Emmanouil Koullias,
  • Loukia Evliati,
  • Chryssoula Kalkana,
  • Michael D. Diamantidis,
  • Achilles Manafas,
  • Marianna Katsatou and
  • Leonidas Roumpatis
  • + 1 author

During a pandemic, people are fearful of becoming infected with the virus, which causes anxiety, loss of purpose, and depression. This study aimed to evaluate the social and psychological impact, as well as the impact on homecare, of patients with he...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,840 Views
5 Pages

Changes in erythrocyte parameters are well known in both β-thalassemia minor (BTM) and iron deficiency (ID) when either is present alone; however, to our knowledge, there has been no study showing the changes when the two conditions coexist. We...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
2,337 Views
4 Pages

Post-COVID-19 Lymphocytopenia and Opportunistic Pathogens Infection in a Thalassemia Major Patient

  • Annamaria Petrungaro,
  • Eugenia Quartarone,
  • Paolo Sciarrone and
  • Luciana Rigoli

Transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients undergo transfusion immunomodulating effects, which result in a general immune response depression and, consequently, an increase in the frequency of infectious episodes and neoplastic events due to a reduct...

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