Negative effects of anemia on quality of life and its improvement by complete correction of anemia by administration of recombinant human erythropoietin in posttransplant patients

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 355-360

  Kawada, Noritaka ^a   Moriyama, Toshiki ^a   Ichimaru, Naotsugu ^a   Imamura, Ryoichi ^a   Matsui, Isao ^a   Takabatake, Yoshitsugu ^a   Nagasawa, Yasuyuki ^a   Isaka, Yoshitaka ^a   Kojima, Yasuyuki ^b   Kokado, Yukito ^c   Rakugi, Hiromi ^a   Imai, Enyu ^a   Takahara, Shiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Takahashi Clinic   (Japan)

^c Inoue Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

EPO; Posttransplant; QOL; SF 36

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANEMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEMATINICS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68749120643     PISSN: 13421751     EISSN: 14377799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10157-009-0170-x     Document Type: Article

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