Comparison of Blood Transfusion Plus Chelation Therapy and Bone Marrow Transplantation in Patients with ??-Thalassemia: Application of SF-36, EQ-5D, and Visual Analogue Scale Measures

Abstract

Patients in the BMT group experienced higher HRQoL in both physical and mental aspects compared to those in the BTIC group. More studies are needed to assess the relative cost-effectiveness of these methods in developing countries.