Hematological indices for differential diagnosis of beta thalassemia trait and iron deficiency anemia

Anemia

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Vehapoglu, Aysel ^a   Ozgurhan, Gamze ^b   Demir, Ayşegul Dogan ^a   Uzuner, Selcuk ^a   Nursoy, Mustafa Atilla ^a   Turkmen, Serdar ^c   Kacan, Arzu ^c  

^a BEZMIALEM VAKIF UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Pediatrics Suleymaniye Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

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EID: 84900020356     PISSN: 20901267     EISSN: 20901275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/576738     Document Type: Article

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