Proxy indicators for identifying iron deficiency among anemic vegetarians in an area prevalent for thalassemia and hemoglobinopathies

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 250-255

  Wongprachum, Kasama ^a   Sanchaisuriya, Kanokwan ^a   Sanchaisuriya, Pattara ^a   Siridamrongvattana, Sirivara ^a   Manpeun, Suwanna ^b   Schlep, Frank P ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anemia; Hemoglobinopathies; Iron deficiency; Thalassemia; Vegetarians

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THAILAND; VEGETARIAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIET, VEGETARIAN; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THAILAND; THALASSEMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860860484     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: 14219662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337032     Document Type: Article

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