Selective use of recombinant human erythropoietin in pregnant patients with severe anemia or nonresponsive to iron sucrose alone

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 239-245

  Krafft, Alexander ^a   Bencaiova, Gabriela ^a   Breymann, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anemia; Iron deficiency; Iron sucrose; Pregnancy; Recombinant erythropoietin

Indexed keywords

FERRIC HYDROXIDE SUCROSE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IRON; PREGNANCY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66449125654     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000223441     Document Type: Article

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