Anemia in the Nursing Homes: A Complex Issue

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-194

  Morley, John E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; FERRITIN; FERROUS GLUCONATE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPCIDIN; IRON; LENALIDOMIDE; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANEMIA; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRANULOMA; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; POLYPHARMACY; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

EID: 84857195954     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.12.057     Document Type: Editorial

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