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Contenido en el Idioma Espa�ol de University of Maryland Medical Center.

Prueba de eritropoyetina

Nombres alternativos:

Eritropoyetina sérica

Valores normales:

El rango normal es de 0 a 19 mU/ml (miliunidades por mililitro).

Significado de los resultados anormales:

Los niveles elevados pueden indicar policitemia secundaria (un aumento en la producción de glóbulos rojos como respuesta a alguna circunstancia, como bajos niveles de oxígeno en la sangre).

Se pueden observar niveles por debajo de lo normal en la insuficiencia renal crónica o en la policitemia vera (cuando el cuerpo produce muchos glóbulos rojos por una razón desconocida).

Fecha de revisión: 10/31/2005
Versión en inglés revisada por: William Matsui, M.D., Assistant Professor of Oncology, Division of Hematologic Malignancies, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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