Red cell indices: Differentiation between β-thalassemia trait and iron deficiency anemia and application to sickle-cell disease and sickle-cell thalassemia

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2115-2124

  Sahli, Chaima Abdelhafidh ^a   Bibi, Amina ^a   Ouali, Faida ^a   Fredj, Sondess Hadj ^a   Dakhlaoui, Boutheina ^a   Othmani, Rym ^a   Laouini, Naouel ^a   Jouini, Latifa ^a   Ouenniche, Fekria ^a   Siala, Hajer ^a   Touhami, Imed ^b   Becher, Mariem ^a   Fattoum, Slaheddine ^a   Toumi, Nour El Houda ^a   Messaoud, Taieb ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

thalassemia trait; discrimination indice; iron deficiency anemia; sickle cell disease; sickle cell thalassemia

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE PARAMETERS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MENTZER INDEX; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA; SRIVASTAVA INDEX; YOUDEN INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886654422     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2013-0354     Document Type: Article

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