Iron deficiency or haemoglobinopathy? Differential diagnosis by red cell indices produced by the ADVIA® Bayer haematological automat

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 45, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 547-551

  Kremer, Albert ^a   Kutter, Dolphe ^b   Groff, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b Laboratoires Reunis Kutter Lieners Hastert Centre Langwies   (Luxembourg)

^c LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

thalassaemia; ADVIA ; Iron deficiency; Microcytosis; Percentage of hypochromous erythrocytes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCYTOSIS;

EID: 0032861508     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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