Discrimination of beta-thalassemia minor and iron deficiency anemia by screening test for red blood cell indices

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 275-280

  Batebi, Aziz ^a   Pourreza, Abolghasem ^a   Esmailian, Reza ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hemoglobinopathy; Iron deficiency anemia; RBC indices; Thalassemia minor

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA TRAIT; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC CELL COUNTER; ENGLAND AND FRASER INDEX; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOCHROMISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MENTZER INDEX; MICROCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHINE AND LAL INDEX;

EID: 84857460102     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/sag-0909-294     Document Type: Article

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