European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 46-50 , January 2008

Ethnic variation in certain hematological and biochemical reference intervals in a south Indian healthy adult population

  • M. Sundaram

      Affiliations

    • YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRG CARE), Voluntary Health Services Hospital Campus, Taramani, Chennai-600 113, India
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  • J. Mohanakrishnan

      Affiliations

    • YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRG CARE), Voluntary Health Services Hospital Campus, Taramani, Chennai-600 113, India
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  • K.G. Murugavel

      Affiliations

    • YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRG CARE), Voluntary Health Services Hospital Campus, Taramani, Chennai-600 113, India
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  • E.M. Shankar

      Affiliations

    • YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRG CARE), Voluntary Health Services Hospital Campus, Taramani, Chennai-600 113, India
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  • S. Solomon

      Affiliations

    • YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRG CARE), Voluntary Health Services Hospital Campus, Taramani, Chennai-600 113, India
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  • C.N. Srinivas

      Affiliations

    • YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRG CARE), Voluntary Health Services Hospital Campus, Taramani, Chennai-600 113, India
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  • S.S. Solomon

      Affiliations

    • YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRG CARE), Voluntary Health Services Hospital Campus, Taramani, Chennai-600 113, India
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  • S. Pulimi

      Affiliations

    • YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRG CARE), Voluntary Health Services Hospital Campus, Taramani, Chennai-600 113, India
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  • E. Piwowar-Manning

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Baltimore, USA
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  • S. Dawson

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Baltimore, USA
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  • E. Livant

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Baltimore, USA
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  • N. Kumarasamy

      Affiliations

    • YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRG CARE), Voluntary Health Services Hospital Campus, Taramani, Chennai-600 113, India
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  • P. Balakrishnan

      Affiliations

    • YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRG CARE), Voluntary Health Services Hospital Campus, Taramani, Chennai-600 113, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 44 22542929; fax: +91 44 22542939.

Received 22 January 2007 ,Revised 27 April 2007 ,Accepted 6 June 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.06.010

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 46-50 , January 2008

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