Survival Rate in Thalassemia Major Patients: Difference between Date of Diagnosis and Date of Birth as an Index Date for Calculating Follow Up

Affiliations

• ¹ Research Center for Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
• ² Dept. of Epidemiology, School of Health, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
• ³ Hematology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
• ⁴ Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
• ⁵ Dept. of Epidemiology, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.