Letters to the Editor

β-thalassemia as a progressive disease: age-related morbidity in the de-LIGHT study

Center for Research on Rare Blood Disorders (CR-RBD) and Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Center, Burjeel Cancer Institute, Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Campus of Haematology Franco and Piera Cutino, UOC Ematologia e Malattie Rare, AOOR Villa Sofia-V. Cervello, Palermo
Campus of Haematology Franco and Piera Cutino, UOC Ematologia e Malattie Rare, AOOR Villa Sofia-V. Cervello, Palermo
Campus of Haematology Franco and Piera Cutino, UOC Ematologia e Malattie Rare, AOOR Villa Sofia-V. Cervello, Palermo
Campus of Haematology Franco and Piera Cutino, UOC Ematologia e Malattie Rare, AOOR Villa Sofia-V. Cervello, Palermo
Campus of Haematology Franco and Piera Cutino, UOC Ematologia e Malattie Rare, AOOR Villa Sofia-V. Cervello, Palermo
Laboratorio Biobanca, UOC Ematologia per le Malattie Rare Del Sangue e degli Organi Ematopoietici, AOOR Villa Sofia-Cervello, Palermo
UOSD Diagnostica Molecolare Malattie Rare Ematologiche, AOOR Villa Sofia-Cervello, Palermo
UOSD Diagnostica Molecolare Malattie Rare Ematologiche, AOOR Villa Sofia-Cervello, Palermo
UOSD Diagnostica Molecolare Malattie Rare Ematologiche, AOOR Villa Sofia-Cervello, Palermo
UOSD Ematologia e Talassemia, ARNAS Ospedali Civico Di Cristina Benfratelli, Palermo
Adults Thalassemia Unit, Ippokratio Hospital, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki
Adults Thalassemia Unit, Ippokratio Hospital, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki
UOSD Rare Red Blood Cell Disease, OncoHematologic and PneumoThoracic Department, “Cardarelli” Hospital, Naples
UOSD Rare Red Blood Cell Disease, OncoHematologic and PneumoThoracic Department, “Cardarelli” Hospital, Naples
Centro Talassemia ed Emoglobinopatie, UOC Medicina Interna PO “Vito Fazzi”, Lecce
Centro Talassemia ed Emoglobinopatie, UOC Medicina Interna PO “Vito Fazzi”, Lecce
UOC Talassemie ed Emoglobinopatie, Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica AOU S. Anna, Ferrara
UOC Talassemie ed Emoglobinopatie, Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica AOU S. Anna, Ferrara
Campus of Haematology Franco and Piera Cutino, UOC Ematologia e Malattie Rare, AOOR Villa Sofia-V. Cervello, Palermo
Haematologica Early view Oct 1, 2026 https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2026.301499