Reliability of EMA binding test in the diagnosis of hereditary spherocytosis in Italian patients

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 136-140

  D'Alcamo, Elena ^a   Agrigento, Veronica ^a   Sclafani, Serena ^a   Vitrano, Angela ^a   Cuccia, Liana ^b   Maggio, Aurelio ^a   Perrotta, Silverio ^c   Capra, Marcello ^b   Rigano, Paolo ^a  

^a VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Centro di Prevenzione Diagnosi e Cura della Talassemia   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAZOLENE SODIUM; EOSIN 5' MALEIMIDE; MALEIMIDE; SPECTRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONGENITAL DYSERYTHROPOIETIC ANEMIA; DENSITOMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEREDITARY ELLIPTOCYTOSIS; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; ITALY; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA;

ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; ITALY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SPHEROCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY;

EID: 78649776046     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322253     Document Type: Article

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