Effect of intravenous ascorbic acid in hemodialysis patients with anemia and hypeferritinemia
Hemodialysis (HD) patients with functional iron deficiency (FID) often develop resistance to recombinant human erythropoietin (Epo). The contributory role of chronic infla-mmation and oxidative stress in its pathogenesis is poorly understood. We assessed the effect of vitamin C, an antioxidant, on E...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2008-01-01
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| Series: | Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2008;volume=19;issue=6;spage=933;epage=936;aulast=Shahrbanoo |