Clinicians' response to red cell parameters on automated blood counts indicative of thalassemia trait [5]

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-79

  Kakkar, N ^a   Kaur, R ^a   Sohi, I ^a   Wadhawan, R ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; ETHNICITY; GENETIC TRAIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT;

EID: 33846681103     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.30340     Document Type: Letter

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