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Comparing prevalence of Iron Deficiency Anemia and Beta Thalassemia Trait in microcytic and non-microcytic blood donors: suggested algorithm for donor screening

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of microcytosis in donors and Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) and Beta-Thalassemia trait (BTT) in microcytic and non-microcytic donors has not been studied in India. The present study aims at finding the same. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Initially 925 donor samples were evaluated...

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Autores principales: Tiwari, Aseem K., Chandola, Iva
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2920481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20808655
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6247.53883