Robert Yamashita, PhD
Clinical Research Coordinator
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

Publications (14)

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beta-ThalassemiaPainQuality of LifeFerritinsBenzoatesLive BirthStillbirthChildIron Chelating AgentsDeferoxamineSiderophoresBlood Group IncompatibilityThalassemiaMiddle EastChelation Therapy

• Quality-of-life of patients living with thalassaemia in the West Bank and Gaza.
  Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit 2023 Kohlbry P, Al-Karmi B, Yamashita R
• Survival and complications in patients with haemoglobin E thalassaemia in Sri Lanka: a prospective, longitudinal cohort study.
  The Lancet. Global health 2021 Premawardhena AP, Ediriweera DS, Sabouhanian A, Allen A, Rees D, de Silva S, Perera W, Katugaha N, Arambepola M, Yamashita RC, Mettananda S, Jiffry N, Mehta V, Cader R, Bandara D, St Pierre T, Muraca …
• Relationship among chelator adherence, change in chelators, and quality of life in thalassemia.
  Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation 2014 Trachtenberg FL, Gerstenberger E, Xu Y, Mednick L, Sobota A, Ware H, Thompson AA, Neufeld EJ, Yamashita R, Thalassemia Clinical Research Network
• Validation and reliability of a disease-specific quality of life measure (the TranQol) in adults and children with thalassaemia major.
  British journal of haematology 2013 Klaassen RJ, Barrowman N, Merelles-Pulcini M, Vichinsky EP, Sweeters N, Kirby-Allen M, Neufeld EJ, Kwiatkowski JL, Wu J, Vickars L, Blanchette VS, Forgie M, Yamashita R, Wong-Rieger D, Young NL
• Pain over time and its effects on life in thalassemia.
  American journal of hematology 2013 Oliveros O, Trachtenberg F, Haines D, Gerstenberger E, Martin M, Carson S, Green S, Calamaras D, Hess P, Yamashita R, Vichinsky E, Thalassemia Clinical Research Network

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• Pregnancy outcomes in women with thalassemia in North America and the United Kingdom.
  American journal of hematology 2013 Thompson AA, Kim HY, Singer ST, Vichinsky E, Eile J, Yamashita R, Giardina PJ, Olivieri N, Parmar N, Trachtenberg F, Neufeld EJ, Kwiatkowski JL, Thalassemia Clinical Research Network
• Beliefs about chelation among thalassemia patients.
  Health and quality of life outcomes 2012 Trachtenberg FL, Mednick L, Kwiatkowski JL, Neufeld EJ, Haines D, Pakbaz Z, Thompson AA, Quinn CT, Grady R, Sobota A, Olivieri N, Horne R, Yamashita R, Thalassemia Clinical Research Network
• Iron chelation adherence to deferoxamine and deferasirox in thalassemia.
  American journal of hematology 2011 Trachtenberg F, Vichinsky E, Haines D, Pakbaz Z, Mednick L, Sobota A, Kwiatkowski J, Thompson AA, Porter J, Coates T, Giardina PJ, Olivieri N, Yamashita R, Neufeld EJ, Thalassemia Clinical Research …
• Red cell alloimmunization in a diverse population of transfused patients with thalassaemia.
  British journal of haematology 2011 Thompson AA, Cunningham MJ, Singer ST, Neufeld EJ, Vichinsky E, Yamashita R, Giardina P, Kim HY, Trachtenberg F, Kwiatkowski JL, Thalassemia Clinical Research Network Investigators
• Education and employment status of children and adults with thalassemia in North America.
  Pediatric blood & cancer 2010 Pakbaz Z, Treadwell M, Kim HY, Trachtenberg F, Parmar N, Kwiatkowski JL, Cunningham MJ, Martin M, Sweeters N, Neufeld EJ, Giardina PJ, Olivieri N, Yamashita RC, Vichinsky E
• Symptoms of depression and anxiety in patients with thalassemia: prevalence and correlates in the thalassemia longitudinal cohort.
  American journal of hematology 2010 Mednick L, Yu S, Trachtenberg F, Xu Y, Kleinert DA, Giardina PJ, Kwiatkowski JL, Foote D, Thayalasuthan V, Porter JB, Thompson AA, Schilling L, Quinn CT, Neufeld EJ, Yamashita R, Thalassemia Clinical …
• Pain as an emergent issue in thalassemia.
  American journal of hematology 2010 Trachtenberg F, Foote D, Martin M, Carson S, Coates T, Beams O, Vega O, Merelles-Pulcini M, Giardina PJ, Kleinert DA, Kwiatkowski J, Thompson AA, Neufeld EJ, Schilling L, Thayalasuthan V, Pakbaz Z, …
• A simple model to assess and improve adherence to iron chelation therapy with deferoxamine in patients with thalassemia.
  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2005 Pakbaz Z, Fischer R, Treadwell M, Yamashita R, Fung EB, Calvelli L, Quirolo K, Foote D, Harmatz P, Vichinsky EP
• Quality of life in patients with thalassemia intermedia compared to thalassemia major.
  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2005 Pakbaz Z, Treadwell M, Yamashita R, Quirolo K, Foote D, Quill L, Singer T, Vichinsky EP