Subcutaneous treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin: The influence of injection frequency and skin-fold thickness

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 192-196

  Brahm, Marianne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Absorption; Anaemia; CAPD; Epoetin; Erythropoietin; Injection frequency; RhEPO; Uraemia

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANEMIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THIGH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032807168     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655999750015989     Document Type: Article

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