ERYTHROCYTOSIS AFTER RENAL TRANSPLANTATION REPRESENTS AN ABNORMALITY OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-I AND ITS BINDING PROTEINS1

Abstract

Erythrocytosis after renal transplantation represents an anomaly of both IGF-I and its major binding proteins. Further studies are under way to better define this dysregulation and determine whether IGF-I can play a more generalized role in secondary forms of erythropoiesis.