Association of carnitine deficiency in Indian continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients with anemia, erythropoietin use, residual renal function, and diabetes mellitus

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Ramalakshmi, S ^a   Baben, Bjoe ^a   Ashok, Ben S ^a   Jayanthi, V ^b   Leslie, Nancy ^b   Abraham, Georgi ^a  

^a SRMC and RI ^*  (India)

^b MADRAS MEDICAL MISSION HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Anemia; CAPD; Carnitine deficiency; Hemodialysis; Residual renal function

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINE VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; CARNITINE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 35748966168     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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