Health-related quality of life in transfusion-dependent patients with myelodysplastic syndromes: a prospective study to assess the impact of iron chelation therapy

Fabio Efficace; Valeria Santini; Giorgio La Nasa; Francesco Cottone; Carlo Finelli; Lorenza Borin; Giulia Quaresmini; Anna Angela Di Tucci; Antonio Volpe; Daniela Cilloni; Giovanni Quarta; Grazia Sanpaolo; Flavia Rivellini; Flavia Salvi; Alfredo Molteni; Maria Teresa Voso; Giuliana Alimena; Susanna Fenu; Franco Mandelli; Emanuele Angelucci

doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2014-000726

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Health-related quality of life in transfusion-dependent patients with myelodysplastic syndromes: a prospective study to assess the impact of iron chelation therapy

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Fabio Efficace Data Center and Health Outcomes Research Unit, Italian Group for Adult Hematologic Diseases (GIMEMA), Rome, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Valeria Santini Functional Unit of Haematology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, University of Florence, Florence, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Giorgio La Nasa Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, R. Binaghi Hospital, Cagliari, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Francesco Cottone Data Center and Health Outcomes Research Unit, Italian Group for Adult Hematologic Diseases (GIMEMA), Rome, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Carlo Finelli Department of Hematology, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lorenza Borin Department of Hematology, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Giulia Quaresmini Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anna Angela Di Tucci Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Ospedale Oncologico di Riferimento Regionale “Armando Businco”, Cagliari, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Antonio Volpe Hematology Division, A.O.R.N. San G. Moscati, Avellino, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Daniela Cilloni Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Giovanni Quarta Division of Hematology, Ospedale A. Perrino, Brindisi, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Grazia Sanpaolo Department of Hematology, IRCCS ‘Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza’ Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Flavia Rivellini UO Medicina Interna e Onco-Ematologica P.O. “Umberto I”, Nocera Inferiore, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Flavia Salvi Department of Hematology, A.O. Nazionale Santi Antonio e Biagio e C. Arrigo, Alessandria, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alfredo Molteni Department of Hematology, Niguarda Ca’ Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Maria Teresa Voso Department of Hematology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Giuliana Alimena Department of Hematology, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Susanna Fenu Department of Hematology, San Giovanni Hospital, Rome, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Franco Mandelli Data Center and Health Outcomes Research Unit, Italian Group for Adult Hematologic Diseases (GIMEMA), Rome, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Emanuele Angelucci Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Ospedale Oncologico di Riferimento Regionale “Armando Businco”, Cagliari, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Fabio Efficace, Head, Health Outcomes Research Unit, Italian Group for Adult Hematologic Diseases (GIMEMA), GIMEMA Data Center, Via Benevento, 6, –Rome 00161, Italy; f.efficace{at}gimema.it

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Efficace F, Santini V, La Nasa G, et al

Health-related quality of life in transfusion-dependent patients with myelodysplastic syndromes: a prospective study to assess the impact of iron chelation therapy

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 2016;6:80-88.

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Received May 23, 2014
Revision received August 4, 2014
Accepted August 24, 2014
First published September 9, 2014.

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February 11, 2017

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