1.   The sources for the elevated serum calcium in dialysis patients are multiple.

2.   Although these doctors worked only a few hours a week in the clinics, they largely determined where dialysis patients went for care.

3.   Amgen Inc. said it has suspended an Epogen clinical trial on dialysis patients with severe heart ailments after the death rate climbed rather than improved.

4.   Amgen markets the drug under the brand name Epogen, primarily to treat anemia for kidney dialysis patients.

5.   American dialysis patients have been significantly less eager than Israelis to enter the kidney market.

6.   Amgen announced in October that research showed NESP was safe and effective for dialysis patients.

7.   And if the data are borne out in further studies, Alpern said, the benefit would be a dramatic one for dialysis patients.

8.   Aranesp requires less-frequent dosing than Epogen, which is expected to make it popular among kidney dialysis patients.

9.   At first, hemophiliacs, kidney dialysis patients and others who had transfusions were at risk.

10.   At Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, surgeons used bottled water to scrub down, and dialysis patients were transferred to other hospitals.