Erythropoietin Promotes Deleterious Cardiovascular Effects and Mortality Risk in a Rat Model of Chronic Sports Doping

Athletes who abuse recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) consider only the benefit to performance and usually ignore the potential short and long-term liabilities. Elevated haematocrit and dehydratation associated with intense exercise may reveal undetected cardiovascular risk, but the mechanisms...

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Main Author: Piloto, Nuno (author)
Other Authors: Teixeira, Helena M. (author), Teixeira-Lemos, Edite (author), Parada, Belmiro (author), Garrido, Patricia (author), Sereno, Jose (author), Pinto, Rui (author), Carvalho, Lina (author), Costa, Elisio (author), Belo, Luis (author), Santos-Silva, Alice (author), Teixeira, Frederico (author), Reis, Flavio (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Toxicology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/21528
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/21528

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http://hdl.handle.net/10451/21528

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