Accuracy of clinical pallor in the diagnosis of anemia in children: A meta-analysis

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Chalco, Juan P ^a,b   Huicho, Luis ^a,b,c   Alamo, Carlos ^a,d   Carreazo, Nilton Y ^c,e   Bada, Carlos A ^c,e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD DEL NIÑO   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN MARTÍN DE PORRES   (Peru)

^e Critical Appraisal Skills Programme Perú Servicio de Pediatría Hospital de Emergencias Pediátricas   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; META ANALYSIS; NAIL BED; PALLOR; PERFORMANCE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HAND; INFANT; NAIL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVA; HAND; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; NAILS; PALLOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 29244491121     PISSN: 14712431     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-5-46     Document Type: Article

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