Erythrocyte indices for discriminating thalassaemic and non-thalassaemic microcytosis in Indians

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 266-267

  Kotwal, J ^a   Saxena, Renu ^a   Choudhry, V P ^a   Dwivedi, S N ^a   Bhargava, M ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; ROC CURVE;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0033223133     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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