Haematological values from a Gambian cohort - Possible reference range for a West African population

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 615-622

  Adetifa, I M O ^a   Hill, P C ^a   Jeffries, D J ^b   Jackson Sillah, D ^a   Ibanga, H B ^a   Bah, G ^b   Donkor, S ^a   Corrah, T ^a   Adegbola, R A ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b Medical Research Council UK Laboratories   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Erythrocytes; Gambia; Haematology; Leucocytes; Platelets; Reference values

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TUBERCULOSIS; UNDERWEIGHT; AFRICA; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; REFERENCE VALUES; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 74049135610     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2008.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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