Better differential diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia from beta-thalassemia trait

Turkish Journal of Hematology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 138-145

  Rahim, Fakher ^a   Keikhaei, Bijan ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

thalassemia trait; Discriminative indices; Indices; Iron deficiency anemia; Red blood cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CALCULATION; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 73549089237     PISSN: 13007777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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