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Factors affecting quality of life in children and adolescents with thalassemia in Iraqi Kurdistan

Najbeer A. Mikael and Nasir AS Al-Allawi
Saudi Medical Journal August 2018, 39 (8) 799-807; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.8.23315

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