Approach to blood donors with microcytosis

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-94

  Tiwari, A K ^a   Chandola, I ^a   Ahuja, A ^a  

^a IMA Blood Bank of Uttaranchal ^*  (India)

Author keywords

thalassemia trait; Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; Haemoglobin; High performance liquid chromatography; Iron deficiency anaemia; Plasma Ferritin

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON THERAPY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MICROCYTOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUDEN INDEX;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD DONORS; CELL SIZE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INDIA; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77449104232     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2009.00980.x     Document Type: Article

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