Discrimination indices as screening tests for beta-thalassemia trait [1]

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-62

  Beyan, Cengiz ^a   Kaptan, Kürşat ^a   Ifran, Ahmet ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; TRANSFERRIN;

BETA THALASSEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LETTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; YOUDEN INDEX;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 36549063575     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-007-0338-y     Document Type: Letter

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