Iron and the anaemia of chronic disease: A review and strategic recommendations

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 731-737

  Cavill, Ivor ^a   Auerbach, Michael ^b   Bailie, George R ^c   Barrett Lee, Peter ^d   Beguin, Yves ^e   Kaltwasser, Peter ^f   Littlewood, Tim ^g   Macdougall, Iain C ^h   Wilson, Keith ⁱ  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^f GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Welsh Blood Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Chronic disease; Erythropoiesis; Iron

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANDROGEN; ASCORBIC ACID; CARNITINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IRON; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANEMIA; BLEEDING; BLOATING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONSTIPATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRON THERAPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SARCOMA; SIDE EFFECT; TUMOR GROWTH; VOMITING;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHRONIC DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRON; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 33646265025     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079906X100096     Document Type: Review

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