Evaluation of microcytosis

American Family Physician

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1117-1122

  van Vranken, Michele ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MENSTRUATION; MICROCYTOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; THALASSEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALGORITHM; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANEMIA, SIDEROBLASTIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; THALASSEMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952117838     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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