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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-8-28
pubmed:abstractText
Three patients with probable congenital erythrocytosis were studied to determine the role of erythropoietin (ESF) in their disease. In addition, haemoglobin function was measured and ESF excretion determined in response to reduction in the haemoglobin concentration. In two cases ESF excretion was clearly elevated above normal, and in the third excretion was normal even at an elevated PCV. In all, phlebotomy of 15--20% of the blood volume led tomore than doubling in ESF excretion. This occurred in the presence of normal molecular haemoglobin function. Studies of the renal vasculature were normal. These results suggest a new form of congenital erythrocytosis associated with increased ESF production which is reciprocally related to the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood, but in the absence of any demonstrable abnormality in oxygen transport. These findings suggest an inherited defect, likely residing in the renal sensor responsible for the production of ESF. This defect is possible due to impaired recognition of available oxygen or else a decrease in oxygen supply at the subcellular level.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0007-1048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Congenital erythrocytosis: a new form associated with an erythropoietin-dependent mechanism.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Case Reports