Arteriosclerotic events are less frequent in persons with chronic anemia: Evidence from families with hereditary spherocytosis

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 315-317

  Schilling, Robert F ^a   Gangnon, Ronald E ^a   Traver, Myrna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Arteriosclerosis; Cholesterol; Hereditary spherocytosis; Myocardial infarction; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERIOSCLEROTIC EVENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SPLEEN; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SPHEROCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 33646477579     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20566     Document Type: Article

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