Levi, Miriam
Simonetti, Monica
Marconi, Ettore
Brignoli, Ovidio
Cancian, Maurizio
Masotti, Adriana
Pegoraro, Valeria
Heiman, Franca
Cricelli, Claudio
Lapi, Francesco http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4342-9128
Funding for this research was provided by:
Pierre Fabre
Article History
Received: 16 January 2019
Accepted: 28 April 2019
First Online: 9 May 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: F. Lapi provided consultancies in protocol preparation for epidemiological studies and data analyses for Pierre Fabre.A. Masotti is a scientific consultant and/or an Advisory Board member for Anemia Alliance. V. Pegoraro and F. Heiman are employed at IQVIA Italy.O. Brignoli, M. Cancian, C. Cricelli provided clinical consultancies for Pierre Fabre. M. Levi, M. Simonetti and E. Marconi have no conflict of interest to disclose.
: This was a retrospective observational study, for which the approval by the Ethics Committee is not required (GU n. 76 March 31, 2008). All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.