An algorithm to aid in the investigation of thalassemia trait in multicultural populations

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1320-1323

  Kiss, T L ^a   Ali, M A M ^a   Levine, M ^a   Lafferty, J D ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ALGORITHMS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; IRON; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0033811413     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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