Effectiveness of very low doses of subcutaneous recombinant human erythropoietin in facilitating autologous blood donation before orthopedic surgery

Transfusion

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 822-826

  Sans, T ^a   Bofill, C ^b   Joven, J ^b   Cliville X ^b   Simo J M ^b   Llobet, X ^a   Pero A ^c   Galbany, J ^a  

^a Hospital Mora d'Ebre   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SANT JOAN DE REUS   (Spain)

^c Hospital de Santa Tecla   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029825901     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1996.36996420762.x     Document Type: Article

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