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Retinal Hypoxia and Anemia in Chronic Renal Failure: Effect of Erythropoietin

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Patients suffering from chronic renal failure (CRF) show a normocytic and normochromic anemia [1-3]. Erythropoietin deficiency seems to be one of the main causes of anemia in these patients [4].

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Costagliola, C., Rinaldi, M., Sorice, P., Di Benedetto, A. (1992). Retinal Hypoxia and Anemia in Chronic Renal Failure: Effect of Erythropoietin. In: Pagel, H., Weiss, C., Jelkmann, W. (eds) Pathophysiology and Pharmacology of Erythropoietin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77074-6_22

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