About The Word Erythropoietin
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Erythropoietin
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What's The Definition Of Medical Term Erythropoietin?
Glycoprotein hormone, secreted chiefly by the kidney in the adult and the liver in the fetus, that acts on erythroid stem cells of the bone marrow to stimulate proliferation and differentiation.
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