Epoetin-induced pure red cell aplasia successfully treated with androgens

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 220-221

  Sánchez de la Nieta, Maria Dolores ^a   Caparrós, Guadalupe ^a   Rivera, Francisco ^a,b  

^a ALARCOS Research Group   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CIUDAD REAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Androgens; Erythropoietin; Pure red cell aplasia

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN ANTIBODY; HEMOGLOBIN; NANDROLONE DECANOATE; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE APLASIA; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRILIZATION;

AGED; ANDROGENS; ANEMIA; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; NANDROLONE; RED-CELL APLASIA, PURE;

EID: 33748855159     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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