European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 91-96 , April 2010

Anemia in diabetic patients at an internal medicine ward: Clinical correlates and prognostic significance

  • Dorit Almoznino-Sarafian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University), 70300 Zerifin, Israel
  • ,
  • Miriam Shteinshnaider

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University), 70300 Zerifin, Israel
  • ,
  • Irma Tzur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine “H”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University), 70300 Zerifin, Israel
  • ,
  • Adina Bar-Chaim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Chemistry, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
  • ,
  • Elena Iskhakov

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine “H”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University), 70300 Zerifin, Israel
  • ,
  • Sylvia Berman

      Affiliations

    • Research & Development Division and Department of Nephrology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University), Zerifin, Israel
  • ,
  • Shai Efrati

      Affiliations

    • Research & Development Division and Department of Nephrology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University), Zerifin, Israel
  • ,
  • David Modai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University), 70300 Zerifin, Israel
  • ,
  • Natan Cohen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University), 70300 Zerifin, Israel
  • ,
  • Oleg Gorelik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University), 70300 Zerifin, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972 8 9779994/1; fax: +972 8 9779976.

Received 15 April 2009 ,Revised 24 October 2009 ,Accepted 2 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2009.12.002

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 91-96 , April 2010