Usefulness of red blood cell flags in diagnosing and differentiating thalassemia trait from iron-deficiency anemia

Hematology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 253-256

  Eivazi Ziaei, J ^a   Dastgiri, S ^a   Pourebrahim, S ^a   Soltanpour, R ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anemia; Iron deficiency; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALASSEMIA;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 55849137633     PISSN: 10245332     EISSN: 16078454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/102453308X316040     Document Type: Article

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