Hematological Indices for Differential Diagnosis of Beta Thalassemia Trait and Iron Deficiency Anemia

Background. The two most frequent types of microcytic anemia are beta thalassemia trait (β-TT) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA). We retrospectively evaluated the reliability of various indices for differential diagnosis of microcytosis and β-TT in the same patient groups. Methods. A total of 290 ca...

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Main Authors: Aysel Vehapoglu, Gamze Ozgurhan, Ayşegul Dogan Demir, Selcuk Uzuner, Mustafa Atilla Nursoy, Serdar Turkmen, Arzu Kacan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Anemia
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/576738
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