Unexplained anemia predominates despite an intensive evaluation in a racially diverse cohort of older adults from a referral anemia clinic

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 925-932

  Artz, Andrew S ^a   Thirman, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Anemia; Erythropoietin; Myelodysplastic syndromes

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROPOIETIN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 80051510204     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr090     Document Type: Article

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