A rule-based expert system for laboratory diagnosis of hemoglobin disorders

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 817-827

  Nguyen, Andy N D ^a,b   Hartwell, Elizabeth A ^a   Milam, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN C; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN H; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; EXPERT SYSTEM; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; SYMPTOM; THALASSEMIA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 0029833072     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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