Article
Feasibility of molecular diagnosis of alpha-thalassemia in the evaluation of microcytosis.
Haematologica - 1 Jan 2000
Sivera P, Roetto A, Mazza U, Camaschella C
Abstract excerpt
Microcytosis is a common hematological finding, usually related to iron deficiency or beta-thalassemia. When both of these conditions are excluded, alpha-thalassemia must be considered in the differential diagnosis. No simple biochemical test is able to diagnose the alpha-thalassemia trait. Using...
Topics
- Anemia, Iron-Deficiency
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- alpha-Thalassemia