Validity assessment of nine discriminant functions used for the differentiation between Iron deficiency anemia and thalassemia minor

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-97

  AlFadhli, Suad M ^a   Al Awadhi, Anwar M ^a   AlKhaldi, Doa'a ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Discriminant functions; Iron deficiency anemia; Thalassemia minor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALASSEMIA MINOR; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; YOUDEN INDEX;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34147099102     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fml070     Document Type: Article

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