Does erythropoietin cause epilepsy?

Nephron

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 320-321

  Cengiz, Kuddusi ^a   Işlek, Ismail ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPILEPSY; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 0029940404     PISSN: 16608151     EISSN: 22353186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000189063     Document Type: Article

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