A new valid formula in differentiating iron deficiency anemia from ß-thalassemia trait

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 368-373

  Keikhaei, Bijan ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Thalassemia trait; Anemia; Hypochromia; Iron deficiency; Sensitivity Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BESSMAN AND FEINSTEIN INDEX; BETA THALASSEMIA; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND AND FRASER INDEX; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GREEN AND KING INDEX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KEIKHAEI INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTZER INDEX; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH INDEX; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHINE AND LAL INDEX; SRIVASTAVA AND BEVINGTON INDEX; VALIDITY; YOUDEN INDEX;

EID: 77954552524     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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