High Platelet Count Is Associated with Lower Iron Stores and Higher ESA Dose in Hemodialysis Patients: A Possible Explanation for Hemoglobin-Survival Paradox?

Kalantar-Zadeh K, Streja E, Kopple JD, McAllister CJ, Kovesdy CP. High Platelet Count Is Associated with Lower Iron Stores and Higher ESA Dose in Hemodialysis Patients: A Possible Explanation for Hemoglobin-Survival Paradox? American Society of Nephrology Renal Week. San Francisco, CA, Oct 31 – Nov 5, 2007.