Serum Erythropoietin Measured by Chemiluminescent Immunometric Assay: An Accurate Diagnostic Test for Absolute Erythrocytosis (Technical Briefs) Serum Erythropoietin Measured by Chemiluminescent Immunometric Assay: An Accurate Diagnostic Test for Absolute Erythrocytosis (Technical Briefs)

Serum Erythropoietin Measured by Chemiluminescent Immunometric Assay: An Accurate Diagnostic Test for Absolute Erythrocytosis (Technical Briefs‪)‬

Clinical Chemistry 2005, June, 51, 6

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Absolute erythrocytosis (AE), suspected from a high hemoglobin concentration and/or hematocrit, can be confirmed by an increased red cell mass (RCM) (1). Schematically, one distinguishes three major mechanisms of AE: (a) erythropoietin (Epo)-independent proliferation of clonal erythroid precursors as found in polycythemia vera (PV) and other myeloproliferative disorders; (b) Epo-dependent polyclonal proliferation of erythroid precursors as found in secondary erythrocytoses that are secondary to production of Epo as a consequence of either a physiologic response to tissue hypoxia or of tumoral production; (c) idiopathic erythrocytoses (IEs) in patients without evidence of PV or secondary erythrocytoses (2). The serum Epo concentration reflects its oxygen-regulated production by kidney. Thus, serum Epo is decreased in PV and increased in secondary erythrocytoses. Use of serum Epo as a diagnostic test for PV (3-5) is controversial (6-8). Indeed, until recently, the lack of standardization of the reagents and methods impeded identification of reliable thresholds. As a consequence, the diagnosis of PV is still largely based on exclusion and/or indirect clinical and biological criteria initially proposed by the Polycythemia Vera Study Group (PVSG) (9). However, the WHO guidelines (10), which are based on major criteria (e.g., splenomegaly, lack of secondary erythrocytosis) and minor criteria (e.g., modification in blood cell count, bone marrow histology), recently classified the endogenous erythroid colony assay and serum Epo measurements as major and minor PV diagnostic criteria, respectively.

GENERE
Scienza e natura
PUBBLICATO
2005
1 giugno
LINGUA
EN
Inglese
PAGINE
10
EDITORE
American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Inc.
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195,1
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