[1] Amer Univ Beirut, Dept Pediat & Adolescent Med, Med Ctr, Beirut, Lebanon
[2] Hosp Samaritano Sao Paulo, Dept Hematol Oncol, Sao Paulo, Brazil
[3] Necker Enfants Malades Hosp, AP HP, Dept Gen Pediat & Pediat Infect Dis, Paris, France
[4] Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Div Gen Internal Med, Dept Med, Richmond, VA USA
[5] Jordan Univ Sci & Technol, Fac Med, Irbid, Jordan
[6] Laikon Gen Hosp, Thalassaemia Ctr, Athens, Greece
[7] Cukurova Univ, Fac Med, Dept Hematol, Adana, Turkiye
[8] Novartis Pharmaceut, E Hanover, NJ USA
[9] Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
[10] Novartis Ireland Ltd, Global Hlth DU, Dublin, Ireland
[11] Univ Ghana, Med Sch, Korle Bu Teaching Hosp, Accra, Ghana