Classification of anemia in hemodialysis patients in relation to vascular access and its correlation with hepcidin and ferritin

Background: Anemia is very common in patients with chronic kidney disease, and becoming almost universal in end stage renal disease, where dialysis or renal transplantation becoming the treatment of choice. High levels of hepcidin appear to accompany reduced renal function and serum ferritin may als...

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Main Authors: Haithem A. Al-Rubaie, Dhalal D. Hasan, Raid A. Al-Rubaye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: College of Medicine University of Baghdad 2016-07-01
Series:مجلة كلية الطب
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Online Access:http://iqjmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/19JFacMedBaghdad36/article/view/232