Article
Immunoreactive erythropoietin concentration and haemoglobin type in the perinatal period in sheep of various haemoglobin genotypes.
Journal of developmental physiology - 1 Nov 1990
Wintour E M, Clemons G, Butkus A, Horvath A, Moritz K, Towstoless M K
Abstract excerpt
This study examines the hypotheses that (i) erythropoietin (the hormone responsible for red blood cell production) is higher in the fetus (at low PO2) than in the neonate (at high PO2); and (ii) that the level of erythropoietin in the neonate is influenced by the presence of high oxygen affinity...
Topics
- Aging
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Blood Chemical Analysis
- Blood Gas Analysis
- Carbon Dioxide
- Erythropoietin
- Fetal Blood
- Genotype
- Hematocrit
- Hemoglobins
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Oxygen
- Sheep
