Anemia in the elderly: clinical implications and new therapeutic concepts

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine V (Haematology and Oncology), Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
² King's College London, Department of Molecular Haematology, James Black Centre, London, UK King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London, UK sl.thein@kcl.ac.uk swee.thein@nhs.net.

Editorial

Reinhard Stauder et al. Haematologica. 2014 Jul.

. 2014 Jul;99(7):1127-30.

doi: 10.3324/haematol.2014.109967.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine V (Haematology and Oncology), Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
² King's College London, Department of Molecular Haematology, James Black Centre, London, UK King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London, UK sl.thein@kcl.ac.uk swee.thein@nhs.net.

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