Hemolysis area: A new parameter of erythrocyte osmotic fragility for screening of thalassemia trait

BACKGROUND: One-tube osmotic fragility test (OFT) is widely used for screening thalassemia traits. Interobserver variation may occur with 0.36% NaCl-based OFT due to the naked eye result reading style. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to establish and evaluate the novel numerical OF...

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Main Authors: Thanusak Tatu, Denis Sweatman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Laboratory Physicians
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/JLP.JLP_136_17