Evaluation of the new red cell parameters on Beckman Coulter DxH800 in distinguishing iron deficiency anaemia from thalassaemia trait

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 199-207

  Ng, E H Y ^a   Leung, J H W ^a   Lau, Y S ^a   Ma, E S K ^a  

^a HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Iron deficiency anaemia; Low haemoglobin density; Microcytic anaemia factor; Red blood cell size factor; Thalassaemia carrier

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE PARAMETERS; ERYTHROCYTE SIZE FACTOR; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGY ANALYZER; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOW HEMOGLOBIN DENSITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MICROCYTIC ANAEMIA FACTOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD DEVIATION OF CONDUCTIVITY OF THE NONRETICULOCYTE POPULATION; THALASSEMIA; UNGHOSTED CELL; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEVICES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 84924801901     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijlh.12262     Document Type: Article

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