A comparison of the accuracy of the corpuscular fragility and mean corpuscular volume tests for the alpha-thalassemia 1 and beta-thalassemia traits

Objective: To compare the accuracy of the osmotic fragility test (OFT) and mean corpuscular volume (MCV) calculation when screening for the α-thalassemia 1 and/or β-thalassemia trait. Method: In this cross-sectional study, blood samples from 328 apparently healthy pregnant women were sent on the sam...

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Main Authors: Sirichotiyakul S., Wanapirak C., Srisupundit K., Luewan S., Tongsong T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70249120655&partnerID=40&md5=536ccc2161d4daec0637b324bc00bb93
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19591999
http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/2788
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Institution: Chiang Mai University
Language: English