Anemia in the frail, elderly patient

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 11, Issue , 2016, Pages 319-326

  Röhrig, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anemia of chronic inflammation; Eryptosis; Frailty; Inflammaging; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

IRON; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AGING; ANEMIA; CELL DEATH; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYPTOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSENESCENCE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SARCOPENIA; AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; ERYTHROCYTES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84962570171     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S90727     Document Type: Review

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