Not so benign haematology: Anaemia of the elderly

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-185

  Merchant, Akil A ^a   Roy, Cindy N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Anaemia; Elderly; Erythropoiesis; Haemoglobin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; LENALIDOMIDE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SALSALATE;

AGE; AGED; ANEMIA; CELL AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMORBIDITY; ELDERLY CARE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; HUMANS;

EID: 84155186459     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08920.x     Document Type: Review

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