NESTROFT as a screening test for the detection of thalassaemia and common haemoglobinopathies - An evaluation against a high performance liquid chromatographic method

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 104, Issue AUG., 1996, Pages 194-197

  Thomas, Susanna ^a   Srivastava, Alok ^a   Jeyaseelan, L ^a   Dennison, David ^a   Chandy, Mammen ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Haemoglobinopathy; High performance liquid chromatography; NESTROFT; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE FRAGILITY; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; SCREENING TEST; THALASSEMIA;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; OSMOTIC FRAGILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0029790679     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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