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Skeletal muscle alterations and exercise performance decrease in erythropoietin-deficient mice: a comparative study
29 Jun 2012
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BACKGROUND: Erythropoietin (EPO) is known to improve exercise performance by increasing oxygen blood transport and thus inducing a higher maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max). Furthermore, treatment with (or overexpression of) EPO induces protective effects in several tissues, including the myocardium. However, it is not known whether EPO exerts this protective effect when present at physiological levels. Given that...
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