Anemia in Clinical Practice-Definition and Classification: Does Hemoglobin Change With Aging?

Seminars in Hematology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 261-269

  Domenica Cappellini, M ^a,b   Motta, Irene ^a,b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 11; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANEMIA; BLOOD SMEAR; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEM CELL; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY;

AGING; ANEMIA; BIOMARKERS; CELL AGING; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84941909092     PISSN: 00371963     EISSN: 15328686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2015.07.006     Document Type: Review

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