Red cell distribution width: A powerful prognostic marker in heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 415-

  Förhécz, Zsolt ^a   Gombos, Tímea ^a   Borgulya, Gábor ^a   Pozsonyi, Zoltán ^a   Prohászka, Zoltán ^a,b   Jánoskuti, Lívia ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 84855631709     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfq018     Document Type: Letter

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