Normocytic anemia in the eldery. Should the cause of anemia systematically investigated independently of hemoglobin concentration?;La cause d'une anémie normocytaire chez les sujets âgés doit-elle être systématiquement recherchée quelle que soit la valeur de la concentration d'hémoglobine?

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-194

  Chassagne, P ^a   Verdonck, A ^a   Druesne, L ^a   Landrin Dutot, I ^a   Menard J F ^b   Doucet, J ^a   Bercoff, E ^a  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b LE HAVRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anemia; Chronic renal insufficiency; Eldery

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENESCENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

EID: 1442326691     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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