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 kidneysand possibly the livesof many transplant recipients.