[1] Burjeel Med City, Ctr Res Rare Blood Disorders, Abu Dhabi, U Arab Emirates
[2] ASL Cagliari, SC Ctr Microcitemie & Anemie Rare, Cagliari, Italy
[3] Univ Cagliari, SC Ctr Microcitemie & Anemie Rare, ASL Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
[4] Univ Turin, San Luigi Gonzaga Teaching Hosp, Hemoglobinopathies Reference Ctr, Dept Biol & Clin Sci, Turin, Italy
[5] ARNAS Garibaldi, Thalassemia Unit, Catania, Italy
[6] A Perrino Hosp, Ctr Microcitemia A Quarta, Hematol Unit, Brindisi, Italy
[7] Azienda Osped Univ S Anna, Day Hosp Talassemia & Emoglobinopatie, Ferrara, Italy
[8] ForAnemia Fdn, Genoa, Italy
[9] Galliera Hosp, Ctr Microcythemia Congenital Anemia & Iron Dysmeta, Via Volta 6, I-16128 Genoa, Italy