...Toshitsugu Oka; Kenzo Onoe; Kenji Nishimura; Akira Tsujimura; Hideki Sugao; Minato Takaha; Akihiko Kurata A 62-year-old Japanese male with an erythropoietin-producing adrenocortical carcinoma is presented. The elevated erythropoietin level and erythrocytosis returned to normal after surgical...

...T. Vögeli; B. Schmitz-Dräger; H.E. Mellin; R. Ackermann Erythropoietin (EPO) serum levels were measured in 30 patients before, during and immediately after shock wave treatment by an enzyme immunoassay. Shock wave treatment was performed in the Dornier lithotripter HM3 under a constant voltage...

...Kris E. Gaston; Erik Kouba; Dominic T. Moore; Raj S. Pruthi Objective: It was the aim of this study to prospectively study the effects on hematocrit levels, transfusion rates and quality of life (QOL) indices in men preoperatively supplemented with recombinant erythropoietin (rEPO) undergoing...