Part I of this article appeared in the issue of February 8. Reprint requests to: Dr. JH Jepson,
Division of Hematology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal 2, Quebec. crease to 18.5 g.(18.5 …

Early in the clinical investigation" relative" polycythemia must be excluded from both cate¬
gories. This includes states of dehydration, stress, and such endocrinopathies as Cushing's …

The prevailing concept that erythropoiesis is under the control of a single substance,
erythropoietin, whose production depends exclusively on the balance between supply and …

Figure 1.--Diagnostic approach to polycythemia. polycythemia), although this would seem
unlikely anyway in view of the severity and duration of the condition.'The next major question …

A new dimension to the endocrine role of the kidney has been added in recent years with
the demonstration of an apparent causal relationship between a group of renal disorders …

POLYCYTHEMIA rubra vera (Vaquez-Osler disease), appropriately termed erythremia by
Osler¹ and others, is recognized as a disease due to excessive erythroblastic activity of the …

Polycythemia or, more accurately, erythrocytosis, has been noted to occur with a wide
variety of kidney diseases: unilateral and bilateral hydronephrosis, polycystic disease …

Polycythemia, or more precisely, erythrocytosis, has been reported to occur with fibroids of
the uterus, 1 cerebellar hemangioblastoma, 2, 3 gastric carcinoma with metastases to the …

RECENTLY polycythemia or erythrocythemia apparently associated with renal disease of
several diverse types, including hydronephrosis, 1, 2 hypernephroma3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and renal …

Ten patients with polycythemia and renal carcinoma are presented and twelve previously
documented cases from the literature summarized. The syndrome occurred in some 4.4 per …