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The Erythrocythaemic Effects of Androgen
Author(s) -
Gardner Frank H.,
Nathan David G.,
Piomelli Sergio,
Cummins James F.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
british journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.907
H-Index - 186
eISSN - 1365-2141
pISSN - 0007-1048
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1968.tb00367.x
Subject(s) - plasma volume , red cell , androgen , endocrinology , medicine , hormone
S ummary . Pharmacological doses of androgens increased the total red‐cell mass as well as the plasma volume in fifteen elderly normal male subjects. The changes in peripheral erythropoietic measurements are related to total red‐cell mass increments rather than alterations of the plasma volume.