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Less ‘reds’ more ‘blues’: hemoglobin level and depression in non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia

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  1. Faculty of Psychology, Titu Maiorescu University, Bucharest, Romania

    Alexandra Monica Mihailescu

  2. International Network of Hematology, London, UK

    Khaled M. Musallam

  3. Department of Clinical Sciences and Community, University of Milan, IRCCS Ca’ Granda Foundation Maggiore Policlinico Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Maria Domenica Cappellini

  4. Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, 11072020, Lebanon

    Ali T. Taher

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Mihailescu, A.M., Musallam, K.M., Cappellini, M.D. et al. Less ‘reds’ more ‘blues’: hemoglobin level and depression in non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia. Ann Hematol 99, 903–904 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-020-03958-y

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