Anemia and the Frail Elderly

Seminars in Hematology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 261-266

  Artz, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN STIMULATING AGENT; FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXHAUSTION; FALLING; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MORTALITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNEXPLAINED ANEMIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; COBAMIDES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEMATINICS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 52049098923     PISSN: 00371963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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