Carnitine action on red blood cell osmotic resistance in hemodialysis patients

Low red blood cell osmotic resistance (RBCOR) in dialysis patients aggravates anemia and raises EPO needs. We studied RBCOR in 30 stable patients (22 M, 8 F), dialyzed for more than one year, with no systemic illness, blood transfusions, recent infection or treatment by ACE inhibitors. Nineteen were...

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Published in:	Journal of nephrology Vol. 15; no. 1; p. 68
Main Authors:	Vlassopoulos, Dimosthenis A, Hadjiyannakos, Dimitrios K, Anogiatis, Angeliki G, Evageliou, Athanassios E, Santikou, Adriana V, Noussias, Christos V, Papandreou, Photini T, Hadjiconstantinou, Valsamakis E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Italy 01-01-2002
Subjects:	Adult Aged Anemia - etiology Carnitine - blood Carnitine - pharmacology Female Humans Male Middle Aged Osmotic Fragility - drug effects Osmotic Fragility - physiology Renal Dialysis - adverse effects Reticulocytes - physiology
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