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Red cell distribution width as a surrogate marker of haemoglobinopathies in western Kenya

BACKGROUND: Haemoglobinopathies are inherited haemoglobin disorders that result in anaemia characterised by erythrocyte anisopoikilocytosis. Red cell distribution width (RDW) measures anisopoikiloytosis and is readily reported by haematology analysers as a complete blood count parameter. The utility...

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Autores principales: Mutua, Benard M., Sowayi, George, Okoth, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9082283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35547332
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v11i1.1644