Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 379-387 , November 2005

Anemia and Erythropoietin in Space Flights

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 Supported by ASI (N.G.D.S., M.C., and A.P.), and by DLR (K.A.K. and H.-C.G.)

PII: S0270-9295(05)00101-4

doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2005.05.006

Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 379-387 , November 2005

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