Plasma erythropoietin levels in the oldest old

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 259-262

  Musso, C G ^a   Musso, C A F ^b   Joseph, H ^b   De Miguel, R ^a   Rendo, P ^c   Gonzalez, E ^c   Algranati, L ^a   dos Ramos Farias, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Biosidus SA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENESCENCE; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CREATININE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 3242727648     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:UROL.0000034682.61762.ad     Document Type: Article

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