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. 2011 Aug;80(3):237-9.
doi: 10.1038/ki.2011.133.

Significant further evidence to bolster the link between epoetin and strokes in chronic kidney disease and cancer

David J Goldsmith  1 , Adrian C Covic
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Significant further evidence to bolster the link between epoetin and strokes in chronic kidney disease and cancer

David J Goldsmith et al. Kidney Int. 2011 Aug.
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Abstract

Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) have been used for about three decades in chronic kidney disease patients to treat the symptoms of anemia, avoid potentially hazardous blood-product transfusions, improve some facets of quality of life, and reduce cardiovascular risk. We review a new article in which this association between stroke and ESA use is examined in a different population in a different way, but with the same worrying findings as seen in the TREAT study.

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