Discrimination indices as screening tests for β-thalassemic trait

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 487-491

  Ntaios, George ^a,b   Chatzinikolaou, Anastasia ^a   Saouli, Zoi ^a   Girtovitis, Fotios ^a   Tsapanidou, Maria ^a   Kaiafa, Georgia ^a   Kontoninas, Zisis ^a   Nikolaidou, Androula ^a   Savopoulos, Christos ^a   Pidonia, Ifigenia ^a   Alexiou Daniel, Stiliani ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

thalassemic trait; Discrimination index; Iron deficiency anemia; Microcytosis

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUDEN INDEX;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34249906148     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-007-0302-x     Document Type: Article

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