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September 22, 1989
                			
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				Erythropoietin For Anemia
September 22, 1989 (Issue: 801)
				Production of erythropoietin, a glycoprotein hormone secreted mainly by the  kidney, is often low in patients with chronic renal failure (JW Eschbach, Kidney Int,  35:134, 1989). The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved marketing of ...more
        			
        			
				
				
        			
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