Analysis of hematological data of thalassemia cases in Thailand.
We analyzed the complete blood count (CBC) obtained from patients with various types of thalassemia in Thailand. As a control, samples from healthy donors and patients with iron deficiency anemia were also collected. Most cases of thalassemia could be differentiated from iron deficiency anemia by using a discrimination function equation. This screening method is applicable for mass-screening of patients with latent thalassemia in Thailand.
Tatsumi
N
N
Tsuda
I
I
Funahara
Y
Y
Bunyaratvej
A
A
Pootrakul
P
P
Fucharoen
S
S
D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D004909:Erythrocyte Indices; D006801:Humans; D013785:Thailand; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000097:blood*