Postnatal erythropoietin treatment mitigates neural cell loss after systemic prenatal hypoxic-ischemic injury

Marcus D. Mazur, Robert H. Miller, Shenandoah Robinson

Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics · 2010 · 98 citations · 55 references

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Abstract

These data demonstrate that neonatal rhEPO administration in a novel clinically relevant paradigm initiated 4 days after a global prenatal hypoxic-ischemic insult in rats rescues neural cells, and induces lasting histological and functional improvement in adult rats.

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