Confirmation of the validity of using birth MCV for the diagnosis of alpha thalassemia trait
Thirty-four blood samples of neonates in Dubai, UAE, with an MCV below 90 fL were checked by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for hemoglobin variants to confirm a previous study carried out in Western Province of Saudi Arabia which showed a very high predictive index of such MCV for alp...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2009-11-01
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Series: | Hematology Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hr/article/view/615 |