Indices used in differentiation of thalassemia trait from iron deficiency anemia in pediatric population: Are they reliable

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 472-478

  Nalbantoǧlu, Burçin ^a   Güzel, Savaş ^a   Büyükyalçin, Volkan ^a   Donma, M Metin ^a   Güzel, Eda Çelik ^a   Nalbantoǧlu, Ayşin ^b   Karasu, Erkut ^a   Özdilek, Burcu ^a  

^a NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Pediatrics   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anemia; Diagnosis; Differential; Iron deficiency; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLAND AND FRASER INDEX; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; ERYTHROCYTE PARAMETERS; FEMALE; GREEN AND KING INDEX; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTZER INDEX; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RED BLOOD CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH INDEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHINE AND LAL INDEX; SRIVASTAVA INDEX; YOUDEN INDEX;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864862387     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08880018.2012.705230     Document Type: Article

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