The platelet count/mean corpuscular hemoglobin ratio distinguishes combined iron and vitamin B12 deficiency from uncomplicated iron deficiency

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 301-303

  Beyan, Cengiz ^a   Kaptan, Kürşat ^a   Beyan, Esin ^b   Turan, Mustafa ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Numune Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cobalamin deficiency; Combined anemia; Complete blood count; Iron deficiency; Red blood cell indices

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 22844441606     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/IJH97.E0311     Document Type: Article

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