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Anemia and iron deficiency in COPD patients: prevalence and the effects of correction of the anemia with erythropoiesis stimulating agents and intravenous iron

BACKGROUND: Little is known about iron deficiency (ID) and anemia in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The purposes of this study were: (i) To study the prevalence and treatment of anemia and ID in patients hospitalized with an exacerbation of COPD. (ii) to study the hematological respon...

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Autores principales: Silverberg, Donald S, Mor, Ram, Weu, Melanie Tia, Schwartz, Doron, Schwartz, Idit F, Chernin, Gil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3946070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24564844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-14-24