Anaemia of chronic disease in chronic heart failure: The emerging evidence

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 2213-2214

  Okonko, Darlington O ^a   Van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^b   Poole Wilson, Philip A ^a   Anker, Stefan D ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; IRON; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANEMIA; ANEMIA OF CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DYSERYTHROPOIESIS; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART FAILURE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON THERAPY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; IRON;

EID: 27544514575     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi509     Document Type: Editorial

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