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Erythropoietin receptor mutation—a rush of blood to the head?

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Abbreviations

EPO:

Erythropoietin

VHL:

von Hippel-Lindau

EPO-R:

Erythropoietin receptor

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  1. Department of Hematology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    Andreas Holbro, Jakob Passweg & Andreas Buser

  2. Blood Transfusion Centre, Swiss Red Cross, Basel, Switzerland

    Andreas Holbro & Andreas Buser

  3. Experimental Hematology, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    Radek Skoda, Pontus Lundberg & Thomas Lehmann

  4. Department of Hematology, Center for Laboratory Medicine, Frohbergstrasse 3, 9001, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Thomas Lehmann

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Holbro, A., Skoda, R., Lundberg, P. et al. Erythropoietin receptor mutation—a rush of blood to the head?. Ann Hematol 94, 1229–1231 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-015-2346-7

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