A Search for Beta Thalassemia Trait in India
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remaining 161 cases with an HbA2 level ≤3.5% constituted the non-BTT group. In the BTT group 3 cases had concomitant iron deficiency. In the non-BTT group 120 cases had a serum ferritin level <15 ng/mL and were diagnosed as IDA; of the remaining 41cases, 12 had associated chronic illness indicative of ACD (anemia of chronic disease) and in the other 29 the cause of microcytosis could not be identified.
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