The use of the automated parameter RDW-SD as a discriminator of both alpha and beta thalassaemia trait from iron deficiency

Australian Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 88-95

  Williams, Craig ^a  

^a SULLIVAN NICOLAIDES PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpha thalassaemia; Beta thalassaemia; Iron deficiency; Microcytosis; RDW SD

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMATION; BETA THALASSEMIA; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FETUS DEATH; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MICROCYTOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH COEFFICIENT OF VARIANCE; RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH STANDARD DEVIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; YOUDEN INDEX;

EID: 80053143425     PISSN: 10381643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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