Comparison of discriminative indices for iron deficiency anemia and β thalassemia trait in a Brazilian population

Hematology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 169-174

  Matos, Januária Fonseca ^a   Dusse, Luci Maria Sant'Ana ^a   Stubbert, Rachel Versiani Bressane ^b   Ferreira, Mônica Ribeiro ^b   Coura Vital, Wendel ^a   Fernandes, Ana Paula Salles Moura ^a   de Faria, José Roberto ^a   Borges, Karina Braga Gomes ^a   Carvalho, Maria das Graças ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Governador Israel Pinheiro (Ipsemg)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

thalassemia trait; Discrimination indices; Green and King Index; Iron deficiency anemia; RDW Index

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BRAZIL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EHSANI INDEX; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GREEN AND KING INDEX; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MENTZER INDEX; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RDW INDEX; RED BLOOD CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHINE AND LAL INDEX; SIRDAH INSEX; SRIVASTAVA INDEX; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; YOUDEN INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; AREA UNDER CURVE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BRAZIL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84877877926     PISSN: 10245332     EISSN: 16078454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1607845412Y.0000000054     Document Type: Article

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