Hemoglobinopathies are among the most common hereditary blood diseases worldwide, with about 7% of the population being carriers of a mutation in the hemoglobin gene. Specifically, it is estimated that about 50.000 symptomatic infants with beta thalassemia major are born annually. Nowadays, the average life expectancy of patients in developed countries, has increased significantly while, there was an increase of complications as a result of either the disease itself or the intensive and long-term drug treatment patients receive. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the possibility to detect by neurophysiological methods, significant (measurable) lesions in the peripheral nervous system in patients and correlate with epidemiological dat...