Unexplained anaemia in older persons is characterised by low erythropoietin and low levels of pro-inflammatory markers

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 849-855

  Ferrucci, Luigi ^a,d   Guralnik, Jack M ^a   Bandinelli, Stefania ^c   Semba, Richard D ^b   Lauretani, Fulvio ^c   Corsi, Annamaria ^c   Ruggiero, Carmelinda ^a   Ershler, William B ^a   Longo, Dan L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d HARBOR HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Erythropoietin; Inflammation; Invecchiare in Chianti; Unexplained anaemia

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-6; ITALY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33847350296     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06502.x     Document Type: Article

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