Determinants of anaemia in the very elderly: A major contribution from impaired renal function?

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-48

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Franchini, Massimo ^b   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Targher, Giovanni ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Elderly; Ferritin; Folate; Renal function; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PARAMETER; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOLIC ACID; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MALNUTRITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 74549206728     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2009.0082-09     Document Type: Article

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