Letter to the editor

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 579-580

  Ntaios, G ^a   Chatzinikolaou, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOANALYZER; BETA THALASSEMIA; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RETICULOCYTE HEMOGLOBIN CONTENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350231563     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2008.01079.x     Document Type: Letter

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