Dassanayake, R.S.; Mahadevan, K.; Gunawardene, Y.I.N.S.
(SEAMEO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Project, 2013)
Beta-thalassemia is prevalent in Sri Lanka and imposes a heavy economic and social burden in the country due to the patients' life-long need for regular blood transfusion and treatment with iron chelation therapy. Thus, ...