Renal insufficiency may partly explain chronic anemia in patients awaiting liver transplantation

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 629-632

  Patt, Cary H ^a   Fairbanks, Kyrsten D ^a   Thuluvath, Paul J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic anemia; Cirrhosis; Erythropoietin; Renal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 2942704135     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DDAS.0000026309.48324.ba     Document Type: Review

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