Highlights
- •The positive predictive value for autoimmune hemolytic anemia was 90.0%.
- •The positive predictive value for thalassemia was 85.2%.
- •The positive predictive value for sickle-cell disease was 97.6%.
- •91.6% of patients with an Hb-SS disease code have a major sickle-cell disease.
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Publication history
Published online: April 24, 2020
Accepted:
April 13,
2020
Received:
April 5,
2020
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