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HEMATOLOGY: ISSUES IN THE DIALYSIS PATIENT: Erythropoietin Resistance in the Treatment of the Anemia of Chronic Renal Failure
Author(s) -
Priyadarshi Anumeet,
Shapiro Joseph I.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
seminars in dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1525-139X
pISSN - 0894-0959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-139x.2006.00172.x
Subject(s) - medicine , erythropoietin , anemia , intensive care medicine , kidney disease , dialysis , complication , chronic renal failure , hematology , disease , iron deficiency
Resistance to erythropoietin therapy is a common complication of the modern management of anemia in chronic kidney disease. Iron deficiency, deficiency of other nutrients, toxins, infections, and inadequate dialysis account for the vast majority of episodes of such resistance.