[Analysis of the discriminative capacity of hematological tests used in the diagnosis of sideropenia and microcythemia].

The significance of haematological tests has been measured on a statistical base. The purpose of such an inquiry is the simplification of diagnosing thalassemia and sideropenia. A pilot research has been performed on a sample of 10 thalassemic male subjects and 14 female subjects, 10 male subjects and 14 sideropenic female subjects compared with the same number of "normal" subjects of two sexes. This research has pointed the particular sensibility of some tests. There are reasons to consider best tests, in the order, HbA2, Hcv, MCHb for discrimination between "normal" and "thalassemic" and "sideropenic" subjects; Sideremia, Hb, GR for that between "normal" and "sideropenic" subjects. By combining such tests one obviously obtains more reliable results. Combination of tests Hb, Sideremia, GR appears a useful test for the classification of the subjects. Particularly we propose for the "double cases" the consideration of the test HbA2.