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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
John W Adamson, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Joseph W Eschbach, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael R Downing, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Joan C Egrie, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514-8 ; 514-2 ; 514 21 ; 604-6 ; 604 52 ; 604 53 ;
Abstract
A method for reducing stored iron and serum iron in mammals is disclosed. In particular, a mammal having an iron overload disorder is administered a therapeutically effective amount of erythropoietin to increase red blood cell production and the mammal is subsequently phlebotomized to remove the excess red blood cells produced.