Abstract
Anemia develops during the course of chronic renal failure with deterioration of excretory kidney function [1–3]. Erythropoietin (EPO) deficiency [1, 2] and uremic bone marrow intoxication [4, 5] have been implicated as major causative factors for the development of renal anemia. This concept is supported by the observation that shortly after kidney transplantation, and in the presence of good kidney function, most if not all transplant patients overcome their anemic state; their hematocrits once again begin to build up to become normal or close to normal [6, 7]. However, in some patients the hematocrit continues to rise even after complete correction of anemia, resulting in post-transplant erythrocytosis (PTE) [6–9].
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Stockenhuber, F., Geissler, K., Hinterberger, W., Balcke, P. (1989). Erythrocytosis in Renal Graft Recipients. In: Jelkmann, W., Gross, A.J. (eds) Erythropoietin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83745-6_11
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