Mild chronic anemia following heart transplantation: A syndrome with prognostic relevance?

Transplant International

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 413-418

  Müller, Helmut M ^a   Aigner, Reingard ^a   Horina, Jörg H ^a   Rehak, Peter ^a   Lang, Thomas ^a   Iberer, Florian ^a   Wasler, Andre ^a   Petutschnigg, Berthold ^a   Allmayer, Thomas ^a   Grasser, Barbara ^a   Prenner, Günter ^a   Schaffellner, Silvia ^a   Tscheliessnigg, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chronic anemia, heart transplantation, prognosis; Heart transplantation, chronic anemia

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 7844241224     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001470050167     Document Type: Article

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