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Ectopic sources of Erythropoietin |
Polycystic kidney Cerebellar haemangioblastoma Uterine fibroma Renal carcinoma Hepatoma Phaeochromocytoma |
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Indications of Recombinant Human Erythropoietin |
- Chronic renal failure - Chronic inflammation - Cancer with chemotherapy - Zidovudine-induced anemia in HIV patients - Anaemics with high risk for peri-operative blood loss from elective, non cardiac, non vascular surgery |
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Side effects of Recombinant Human Erythropoietin |
- hypertension - bleeding - increased risk of thrombosis - headache - arthralgia - nausea - oedema - diarrhoea - progression of cancer |
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Haematopoietic growth factors |
IL -1 IL -3 IL -6 EPO G-CSF GM-CSF TPO |
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Causes of eosinophillia |
Helminthic infestation Loeffler's syndrome Tropical eosinophillia Allergic conditions Drugs Collagen vascular diseases Malignancies Idopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome |
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Cause of eosinophillia in allergic conditions |
Hay fever Asthma Serum sickness |
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Drugs which cause eosinophillia |
Sulphonamides Aspirin Nitrofurantoin Penicillin Cephalosporin Allopurinol Carbamazepine |
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Collagen vascular diseases causing eosinophillia |
Rheumatoid arthritis Churg-Strauss syndrome |
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Malignancies causing eosinophillia |
Hodgkin's lymphoma Chronic myeloid leukemia Solid organ cancers Eosinophilic leukaemia |
