Anemia in older persons: Etiology and evaluation

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-165

  Price, Elizabeth A ^a   Mehra, Renee ^a   Holmes, Tyson H ^a   Schrier, Stanley L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Iron deficiency; Myelodysplastic syndrome; Older persons

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; THYROTROPIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SMEAR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHRONIC MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; COMMUNITY CARE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE PARAMETERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON DEPLETION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTE LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; IRON, DIETARY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 79151485526     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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