Recombinant human erythropoietin in sports: a review

Erythropoietin is an endogenous hormone of glicoproteic nature secreted by the kidneys and is the main regulator of the erythropoiesis. An alteration in its production generates a disturbance in the plasmatic concentration giving rise to several types of pathologies related to the hematopoietic syst...

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Main Authors: Rafael Maia de Almeida Bento, Lúcia Menezes Pinto Damasceno, Francisco Radler de Aquino Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte 2003-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-86922003000300006