The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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September 22, 1989
Erythropoietin For Anemia
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Erythropoietin For Anemia
September 22, 1989 (Issue: 801)
Production of erythropoietin, a glycoprotein hormone secreted mainly by the kidney, is often low in patients with chronic renal failure (JW Eschbach, Kidney Int, 35:134, 1989). The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved marketing of ...more
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