@article{20e1e4a545194e3d897d2897cf578475,
title = "Quality of life, physical function and MRI T2* in elderly low-risk MDS patients treated to a haemoglobin level of ≥120 g/L with darbepoetin alfa ± filgrastim or erythrocyte transfusions",
abstract = "Anaemia in low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) is associated with reduced quality of life (QoL). Response to treatment with erythropoietin ± granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is associated with improved QoL, but whether transfusion therapy with higher haemoglobin (Hb) target levels has similar effects is unknown. The objective for this prospective phase II Nordic multicentre trial was to assess QoL, response rate and physical function in elderly anaemic MDS patients treated to a target Hb level of >120 g/L.",
keywords = "Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Erythrocyte Transfusion, Erythropoietin, Female, Ferritins, Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor, Hemoglobins, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Quality of Life, Recombinant Proteins, Treatment Outcome",
author = "Herman Nilsson-Ehle and Gunnar Birgeg{\aa}rd and Jan Samuelsson and Petar Antunovic and Jan Astermark and Hege Garelius and Engstr{\"o}m, {Lena M} and Lars Kjeldsen and Nilsson, {Lars Ola} and Anna Olsson and Mette Skov-Holm and Jonas Wallvik and Nina Gulbrandsen and Eva Hellstr{\"o}m-Lindberg",
note = "{\textcopyright} 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S.",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1111/j.1600-0609.2011.01654.x",
language = "English",
volume = "87",
pages = "244--52",
journal = "European Journal of Haematology",
issn = "0902-4441",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell Munksgaard",
number = "3",
}