Anaemia of CKD - The CHOIR study revisited

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1806-1810

  Singh, Ajay K ^a   Szczech, Lynda ^b   Tang, Kezhen L ^c   Barnhart, Huiman ^d   Sapp, Shelly ^b   Wolfson, Marsha ^c   Reddan, Donal ^b,e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Ortho Biotech Products LP   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anemia; CKD; Epoetin; Haemoglobin; Kidney disease

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANEMIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEART INFARCTION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STROKE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANEMIA; EPOETIN ALFA; HEMATINICS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 34547613486     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm185     Document Type: Note

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