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Case Reports
. 1990 Nov;30(11):1406-8.
doi: 10.1097/00005373-199011000-00016.

Use of recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) in a Jehovah's Witness refusing transfusion of blood products: case report

J A Koestner  1 , L D Nelson, J A Morris Jr, K Safcsak
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Use of recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) in a Jehovah's Witness refusing transfusion of blood products: case report

J A Koestner et al. J Trauma. 1990 Nov.

Abstract

Recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) administration to a Jehovah's witness refusing blood transfusions increased her nadir packed cell volume from 13% to 37% and reticulocyte count from 2% to 17.7%. R-HuEPO may provide an alternative safe and effective therapy in life-threatening anemia when blood transfusions are unacceptable to the patient.

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