Effect of switching from subcutaneous to intravenous administration of epoetin-α in haemodialysis patients: Results from a Swedish multicentre survey

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-333

  Linde, Torbjörn ^a   Furuland, Hans ^a   Wikström, Björn ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dose requirement; Epoetin ; Erythropoietin; Haemodialysis; Renal anaemia

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BODY MASS; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPOETIN ALFA; FEMALE; HEMATINICS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27144449010     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590510031183     Document Type: Review

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