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High-dose recombinant human erythropoietin for “low-risk” myelodysplastic patients: is more better?

Enrico Balleari, Lisette Del Corso

Abstract

In present issue of the Journal Azzarà and Colleagues describe a retrospective series of 133 anemic patients with low/intermediate-1 risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) treated with high-dose (40,000 IU twice a week) of alpha recombinant human erythropoietin (alpha-rHuEPO) (1).

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