Quality of life, mood disorders, and cognitive impairment in adults with ß-thalassemia.
Blood Rev
; 65: 101181, 2024 May.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38341336
ABSTRACT
Advances in understanding the disease process in ß-thalassemia supported development of various treatment strategies that resulted in improved survival. Improved survival, however, allowed multiple morbidities to manifest and cemented the need for frequent, lifelong treatment. This has directly impacted patients' health-related quality of life and opened the door for various psychiatric and cognitive disorders to potentially develop. In this review, we summarize available evidence on quality of life, depression and anxiety, suicidality, and cognitive impairment in adult patients with ß-thalassemia while sharing our personal insights from experience in treating patients with both transfusion-dependent and non-transfusion-dependent forms.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Beta-Thalassemia
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Cognitive Dysfunction
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Patient_preference
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Blood Rev
Journal subject:
HEMATOLOGIA
Year:
2024
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Article
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