Nestroft: A screening test for beta thalassemia trait

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 537-544

  Mehta, B C ^a,b  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b BSES MG Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; METHODOLOGY; NAKED EYE SINGLE TUBE RED CELL OSMOTIC FRAGILITY TEST; OSMOTIC FRAGILITY; SCREENING TEST; BLOOD; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MASS SCREENING; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

IRON;

ANEMIA, HYPOCHROMIC; BETA-THALASSEMIA; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON; MASS SCREENING; OSMOTIC FRAGILITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0142040256     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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