Efficacy of erythropoietin in premature infants

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 287-290

  Amin, Adnan A ^a   Alzahrani, Daifulah M ^a  

^a AL HADA ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Human recombinant erythropoietin; Intraventricular hemorrhage; Total parenteral nutrition; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON DEXTRAN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN ANEMIA; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSERY; PHLEBOTOMY; PREMATURITY; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SAUDI ARABIA; SIDE EFFECT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANEMIA, NEONATAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IRON; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0036217681     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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