1. Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom;
2. Department of Hematology, UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingom;
3. Thalassemia Center, University of Turin, Turin, Italy;
4. The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China;
5. Pediatric Hospital, Hematology Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt;
6. Thalassemia Centre, Latifa Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates;
7. Thalassemia Center, Children’s Hospital, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt;
8. Department of Pediatric Hematology, School of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey;
9. Department of Pediatric Hematology, Cukurova University Medical Facility, Adana, Turkey;
10. Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland;
11. Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, NJ; and
12. Department of Pediatric Hematology, Ege University Hospital, Izmir, Turkey