Early erythropoietin therapy is associated with improved growth in children with chronic kidney disease

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1189-1193

  Boehm, Michael ^a   Riesenhuber, Andrea ^a   Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C ^c   Arbeiter, Klaus ^a   Mueller, Thomas ^a   Aufricht, Christoph ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIV KLIN KINDER JUGENDHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Body stature; Chronic kidney disease; Erythropoietin; Growth; Hemoglobin

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548422442     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: 1432198X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-007-0472-8     Document Type: Article

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