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Two new EPO receptor mutations: truncated EPO receptors are most frequently associated with primary familial and congenital polycythemias.
Blood - 1 Sept 1997
Kralovics R, Indrak K, Stopka T, Berman B W, Prchal J F, Prchal J T
Abstract excerpt
Primary polycythemias are caused by an acquired or inborn mutation affecting hematopoietic/erythroid progenitors that results in an abnormal response to hematopoietic cytokines. Primary familial and congenital polycythemia (PFCP; also known as familial erythrocytosis) is characterized by elevated red blood cell mass, low serum erythropoietin (EPO) level, normal oxygen affinity of hemoglobin, and typically...
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