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Original Article

Patient Involvement as Experts in the Development and Assessment of a Smartphone App as a Patient Education Tool for the Management of Thalassemia and Iron Overload Syndromes

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Pages 323-329 | Received 09 May 2016, Accepted 10 Jul 2016, Published online: 22 Sep 2016

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