Usefulness of erythropoietin in the treatment of anemia of prematurity. Role of birth weight;Utilidad de la eritropoyetina en el tratamiento de la anemia de la prematuridad. Influencia del peso de nacimiento

Anales Espanoles de Pediatria

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-286

  Carbonell Estrany, Xavier ^a   Figueras Aloy, J ^b   Perez Fernandez J Ma ^b   Fernandez Lopez A ^b   Gonzalez Luis G ^b   Salvia Roiges M D ^b  

^a Hospital Casa de Maternitat   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anemia of prematurity; Erythropoietin; Iron therapy; Premature infant

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; INFANT; IRON THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, NEONATAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; IRON;

EID: 0032748922     PISSN: 03024342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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