Anemia and Quality of Life: Unrecognized and Undertreated

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 238-241

  Thomas, David R ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DARBEOPOIETIN ALFA; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

AGED; ANEMIA; BLEEDING; BONE MARROW; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; IMMOBILIZATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALNUTRITION; MEGALOCYTOSIS; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYELODYSPLASIA; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; OCCULT BLOOD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; STOMACH ULCER; STROKE;

GLOMERULUS;

EID: 1642370033     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/59.3.m238     Document Type: Editorial

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