Breveglieri, Giulia
Salvatori, Francesca
Finotti, Alessia
Cosenza, Lucia Carmela
Zuccato, Cristina
Bianchi, Nicoletta
Breda, Laura
Rivella, Stefano
Bresciani, Alberto
Bisbocci, Monica
Borgatti, Monica
Gambari, Roberto
Article History
Received: 14 March 2019
Revised: 17 May 2019
Accepted: 4 June 2019
First Online: 4 July 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The β-thalassemia patients have been recruited at Thalassemic Day Hospital (DHT) of the University Hospital “Sant’Anna” (Ferrara, Italy). The approval of the collection and processing of the human biological samples for this research was carried out by the Ethics Committee of Ferrara District, number 06/2013 (approved on June 20, 2013). The study complies with the Declaration of Helsinki, the principles of Good Clinical Practice, and all further applicable regulations in accordance with the ethical standards. All samples of peripheral blood have been obtained after written documentation of informed consent from patient or legal representative. Copies of the consents have been collected for archiving by Thalassemic Day Hospital (DHT) of the University Hospital “Sant’Anna” (Ferrara, Italy).