Erythropoiesis in Dialysis Patients with Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease

F. Schillinger, Department of Nephrology and Hemodialysis, General Hospital, 101, avenue Anatole France, F-10003 Troyes (France) 25 20 15 E φ “o 10 ¤Fig. 1. Hemoglobin and erythropoietin levels in 12 patients with large-sized kidneys (group 1, ■) and a test population (group, 2, ¤). quired cysts but as a function of enlarged cystic kidneys. However, the group of patients with large-sized cystic kidneys differs significantly by less severe anemia and not significantly by the erythropoietin levels. But other factors regulating erythropoiesis like IgF-I [7] can play an important role and have to be evaluated. Our results suggest that anemia is not bound to the presence or absence of cysts, but to their size and to the size and weight of cystic kidneys.