Seizures in Haemodialysis Patients Treated with Recombinant Human Erythropoietin

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1989, Pages 1065-1069

  Edmunds, M E ^a   Walls, J ^a   Tucker, B ^b   Baker, L R I ^b   Tomson, C R V ^c   Ward, M ^c   Cunningham, J ^d   Moore, R ^d   Winearls, C G ^e  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Recombinant human erythropoietin; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0024943092     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.ndt.a091827     Document Type: Article

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