Author/Authors :
Kabir, AL Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University - Department of Haematology, Bangladesh , Dipta, TF BIRDEM General Hospital - Ibrahim Medical College - Department of Transfusion Medicine Haematology, Bangladesh , Rahman, MH ICDDRB - Haematology unit, Bangladesh , Mahfuz, H Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Bangladesh , Ahmed, M Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University - Department of Haematology, Bangladesh , Rahman, M Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University - Department of Haematology, Bangladesh , Nasreen, T BIRDEM General Hospital - Ibrahim Medical College - Department of Transfusion Medicine Haematology, Bangladesh
Abstract :
This cross sectional analytic study by auto analyzer, performing M/H ratio, helps as a screening tool for thalassaemia trait in Bangladeshi population. Among total of 150 subjects, 50 known obligate carrier of beta-thalassaemia trait and 100 patients with hypochromia and microcytosis were included.