Fixing common blood disorder would make kidney transplants more successful

Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 18:30 in Health & Medicine

Correcting anemia, a red blood cell deficiency, can preserve kidney function in many kidney transplant recipients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The results indicate that aggressively treating anemia may help save the kidneys—and possibly the lives—of many transplant recipients.

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