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hgb.

abbr.
hemoglobin
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The second patient was transfused for a low Hgb. Following the transfusion she developed neurological signs and imaging studies confirmed RPLS.
Moreover, the mechanical properties of the samples would be very likely worse if it continually increased in the loading of HGB. Therefore, 30 wt% of the HGB loading was chosen.
Patients receiving ESA to a target Hgb of 13 g/dL were almost twice as likely to have a stroke as patients receiving the placebo who were targeted to have a lower Hgb. In addition, no overall cardiovascular or renal improvement was witnessed with early anemia correction.
Previous study in the locality (20) and studies in Sudan (25), Tanzania (55) and Ghana (19) also identified elevated CRP as a significant predictor of Hgb.
The variance growth of PGB is lesser as compared to the HGB. Thus, it is noted from the table that the deposit mobilization has been found to be a major contributor in the total resources of these RRBs.