The role of red cell distribution width in the differential diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia and non-transfusion dependent thalassemia patients

This study aims to find the cut-off value and diagnostic accuracy of the use of RDW as initial investigation in enabling the differentiation between IDA and NTDT patients. Patients with microcytic anemia were enrolled in the training set and used to plot a receiving operating characteristics (ROC) c...

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Main Authors: Pokpong Piriyakhuntorn, Adisak Tantiworawit, Thanawat Rattanathammethee, Chatree Chai-Adisaksopha, Ekarat Rattarittamrong, Lalita Norasetthada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:Hematology Reports
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Online Access:https://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hr/article/view/7605