Haemoglobin concentration and prognosis in new cases of heart failure

Lancet

Volumn 362, Issue 9379, 2003, Pages 211-212

  Kalra, Paul R ^a   Collier, Timothy ^b   Cowie, Martin R ^a   Fox, Kevin F ^a   Wood, David A ^a   Poole Wilson, Philip A ^a   Coats, Andrew J S ^a   Sutton, George C ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0038783330     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13912-8     Document Type: Article

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