Evaluation of the blue formazan spot test for screening glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 234-236

  Pujades, Assumpció ^a   Lewis, Mitchell ^b   Salvati, Anna Maria ^c   Miwa, Shiro ^d   Fujii, Hisaichi ^e   Zarza, Rocío ^a   Alvarez, Rodolfo ^a   Rull, E ^a   Corrons, Joan Lluis Vives ^a,f  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research   (Japan)

^e TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency; Hemolysis; Screening tests

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FORMAZAN; MTT FORMAZAN; TETRAZOLIUM;

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING;

EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FORMAZANS; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS;

EID: 0033146490     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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