Flow cytometric determination of percentage of red blood vesicles in β-thalassemia

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 182-187

  Hegazy, Laila ^a   Kamal, Sahar ^a   Aly, Azza Ahmed ^b   Saad, Nevine E ^b   El Desouki, Nermine ^a   El Azim, Khaled Abd ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Flow cytometric determination; Red cell vesicles

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; GLYCOPHORIN A; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELL VACUOLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGYPT; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 51749098984     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2008.182.187     Document Type: Article

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