Purpose: The cost of darbepoetin alfa versus that of epoetin alfa in a hospital setting was studied. Methods: The study was an observational, retrospective review of the hospitalwide use of ...
Between 1988 and 1998, antibody-associated pure red-cell aplasia was reported in three patients who had undergone treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin (epoetin). Between 1998 and 2000, 13 ...
Erythropoietin (EPO) is a glycoprotein hormone conventionally thought to be responsible only in producing red blood cells in our body. However, with the discovery of the presence of EPO and EPO ...