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Health-Related Quality of Life and Hemoglobin Levels in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

Fredric O. Finkelstein, Kenneth Story, Catherine Firanek, David C. Mendelssohn, Paul E. Barré, Tomoko Takano, Steven Soroka, Salim Mujais

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 2008 · 164 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

Higher Hgb levels are associated with improved QofL domains of the KDQofL questionnaire. These findings have implications for the care of CKD patients in terms of the initiation of and the Hgb target of ESA therapy.

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