Racial Disparities in Hemoglobin Concentration in Children With CKD

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 981-983

  Filler, Guido ^a   Huang, Shih Han Susan ^a   Sharma, Ajay P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IRON DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY FAILURE; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEMATINICS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952471749     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.03.003     Document Type: Editorial

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