A better treatment might be giving small doses of
erythropoietin more frequently.
Not exact matches
Erythropoietin is a hormone that's made by the kidneys, and it tells the body to make
more red blood cells.
Eero Mantyranta, a Finnish cross-country skier who won two gold medals in the 1964 Olympics, was born with a mutation in the
erythropoietin receptor gene that allows his blood to carry significantly
more oxygen than the average person's [source: McCrory].
(Epogen, Procrit) A man - made version of a naturally occurring substance in the body (
erythropoietin) that encourages the bone marrow to make
more red blood cells.
Kidneys Your kidneys release
erythropoietin, a hormone that tells your body to make
more red blood cells.
A
more commonly published statistic is that antibody production is a problem in 30 - 40 % of pets using human
erythropoietin but this complication poses a sobering thought.
Working on the PCV is important, many factors go into red blood cell production starting with a hormone secreted by the kidneys called
erythropoietin (you hear about it a lot in sports like cycling) which stimulates red blood cell production;
more investigation may be needed to determine if the problem is an increase in destruction or a decrease in production.
Regulating red blood cell count: If the kidneys do not get enough oxygen, they excrete
erythropoietin, a hormone that stimulates the bone marrow to produce
more oxygen - carrying red blood cells.