Two new HDW-based indexes to identify β-thalassemia trait

Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 193-199

  Vicinanza, Paolo ^a   Catalano, Lucio ^b   Franco, Francesco ^a   Vaccaro, Emilia ^a   Cancellario, Sergio ^a   Vicinanza, Mariella ^a   Andretta, Claudia ^b   Caputo, Dario ^a   Pistolese, Giuseppe ^a   Rotoli, Bruno ^b  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

thalassemia trait; Discriminating index for thalassemia trait; Hemoglobin distribution width (HDW)

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC AGENT; ERYTHROPOIETIN; H3 ANALYZER; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; AUTOMATION; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLEEDING DISORDER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER PATIENT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEASUREMENT; MICROCYTOSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; TIME;

EID: 0036968582     PISSN: 10802924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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