title: Erythropoietin; a review on current knowledge and new concepts.
abstract: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a worldwide health problem. However, despite to new routes of dialysis, mortality and morbidity is high. One of the most common symptom of CKD is anemia, especially is more obvious in stages 3 and 4. In this review, we compared the effects of erythropoietin and anemia correction on kidney function (GFR) by investigating in various studies. Despite extensive studies in this category, still we do not sure about the effects of erythropoietin and anemia correction on the glomerular filtration rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohamad-Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Tamadon
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Seifollah
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Beladi-Mousavi
keywords: Chronic kidney disease; End-stage renal disease; Erythropoietin; Kidney transplantation