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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Main Authors: Akram Mehdi Al-Hilali, Aisha Khamis Al-Jallaf, Sajida M. Chunkasseril
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2009-11-01
Series:Hematology Reports
Subjects:
MCV
MCH
Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hr/article/view/615