Dose equivalence between continuous erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA), darbepoetin and epoetin in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease

Hippokratia

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 315-318

  Vega, Almudena ^a   Abad, S ^a   Verdalles, U ^a   Aragoncillo, I ^a   Velazquez, K ^b   Quiroga, B ^a   Escudero, V ^a   Lopez Gomez J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b St Columcille s Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anemia; CERA; Continuous erythropoietin receptor activator; Darbepoetin ; Epoetin

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS ERYTHROPOIESIS RECEPTOR ACTIVATOR; HEMOGLOBIN; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADVANCED CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROPOIETIN RESISTANCE INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84923933372     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: 17908019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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