Posttransplantation anemia: Management and rationale

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C ^a   Chandraker, Anil ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

ANEMIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 41749106959     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03290807     Document Type: Article

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