A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness and Safety of Epoetin Alfa During the Period When One is Donating One's Own Blood Before Surgery.

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the whether epoetin alfa stimulates the bone marrow to produce red blood cells and therefore increases a patient's ability to self-donate blood prior to major surgery. Epoetin alfa is a genetically engineered protein that stimulates red blood cell production.

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1988-05

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