1. Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy;
2. Pediatrics Department, TOBB-Economy and Technology University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey;
3. National Center for Thalassemias, Athens, Greece;
4. Department of Forensic Sciences, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion, Crete, Greece;
5. Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Praha, Czech Republic