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Anemia is one of the commonest extraintestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The pathogenesis of anemia in IBD is complex but iron deficiency combined with inflammation is the most...
Erythropoietin combined with parenteral iron sucrose therapy is an alternative to blood transfusion in anemic patients. It was shown to be effective in surgical patients in several previous studies when...
Continuous erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA) is an erythropoietin with a long-half life. This study investigated the efficacy of CERA for correcting anemia in Korean patients on dialysis. Patients (> or...
Kim JK, Park BS, Park MJ, Choi W, Ma SK, Nah MY, Yeum CH, Jung K, Lee SC, Kim SW, Kim NH, Kang YJ, Choi KC
KMID: 938276
Korean J Intern Med.
2001 Jun;16(2):110-117.
BACKGROUND: The present study was aimed at investigating the predictive parameters of erythropoietin (epoetin) hyporesponsiveness in patients on continous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).
METHODS: We studied 40 patients with...