Erythropoietin as a novel brain and kidney protective agent

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 356-372

  Moore, E M ^a   Bellomo, R ^a   Nichol, A D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Erythropoietin; Nephroprotective; Neuroprotective; Tissue protective

Indexed keywords

CARBAMYLATED ERYTHROPOIETIN; CISPLATIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN RECEPTOR; GENISTEIN; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CANCER GROWTH; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; RENAL PROTECTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 79957887969     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1103900306     Document Type: Review

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