Anaemia of the elderly (AOE): Does it exist and does it matter in clinical practice?

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 782-783

  Valent, P ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGING; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CYTOPENIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LETTER; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HUMANS;

EID: 52149088559     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2008.02013.x     Document Type: Letter

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