Optimal cutoff of mean corpuscular volume (MCV) for screening of alpha-thalassemia 1 trait.

Chanhathai NunchaiSupatra SirichotiyakulTheera Tongsong

Published in: The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research (2020)

With the new MCV cutoff (≤76.15 fL) as a secondary cutoff for screening alpha-thalassemia 1 carrier, a substantial number of positive cases requiring DNA analysis could be avoided without compromising the detection efficacy.

Keyphrases

sickle cell disease
circulating tumor
genome wide
single molecule
loop mediated isothermal amplification
gene expression
dna methylation
real time pcr
quantum dots