Amylon MD, Perrine SP & Glader BE
Prednisone stimulation of erythropoiesis in leukemic children during remission.>
Am J Hematol, 23(2): 179-181, 1986
ISSN: 0361-8609 American Journal of Hematology (PubMed)
Abstract
Children with acute leukemia in remission manifest reticulocytosis and a significant increase in hemoglobin concentration (mean increment of 2.3 +/- 1.1 g/dl) following prednisone pulse therapy. This hemoglobin increment is not associated with changes in serum erythropoietin activity. It is speculated that this stimulation of red cell production may be a direct effect of steroids on erythroid progenitor cells.