Spectrum of anemia in pregnant Indian women and importance of antenatal screening

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 373-375

  Sinha, Madhu ^a   Panigrahi, Inusha ^b   Shukla, Jyoti ^a   Khanna, Anuradha ^a   Saxena, Renu ^b,c  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Hb electrophoresis; Hemolytic anemia; India; NESTROFT; Thalassemia trait

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; INDIAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANEMIA, MEGALOBLASTIC; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 33748857126     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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