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AFRASIABI M, ZOLNOORIAN Z, JAVADPOOR S H. PHARMA COKINETICS OF RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN AND RED CELL METABOLISM IN HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS. Med J Islam Repub Iran 1995; 8 (4) :229-231
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From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, The Coombe Hospital, Dublin
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The pharmacokinetics of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo) administered intravenously has been investigated in a group of five patients with chronic renal failure who were dialysis-dependent. The half-life of circulating erythropoietin decreased from 7.9±OA hr (mean ±SO) at the beginning of treatment to 6.2±O.6 hr after 6 weeks and 5A±O.9 hr after 4 months of treatment. In spite of the sustained increase in haemoglobin neither the red ce1l2,3,-diphosphoglycerate (2,3- DPO) nor the P50 decreased from the pretreatment values. The mechanism which governs the rise in 2,3-diphosphoglycerate in chronic renal failure is different from the adaptive mechanism which operates in other types of anaemia.
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Type of Study: Original Research | Subject: Gynecology & Obstetrics

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