The Erythrocyte Cell Hemoglobin Distribution Width Segregates Thalassemia Traits from Other Nonthalassemic Conditions with Microcytosis

• Main Authors: Liu, T. C., Seong, P. S., LIN, Ting Kwong
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1997
• Subjects: Econometrics; Medicine and Health Sciences
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/6
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Red cell heterogeneity, as represented by the red cell distribution width (RDW), can be used to distinguish thalassemia traits from iron deficiency. Two other indices of heterogeneity, the hemoglobin distribution width and the cell hemoglobin distribution width (CHDW), are also available. In additio...