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Blood transfusion in sports.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20020370     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Blood transfusion is an effective and unmediated means of increasing the number of red blood cells in the circulation in order to enhance athletic performance. Blood transfusion became popular in the 1970s among elite endurance athletes and declined at the end of the 1980s with the introduction of recombinant erythropoietin. The successive implementation in 2001 of a direct test to detect exogenous erythropoietin and in 2004 of a test to detect allogeneic blood transfusion forced cheating athletes to reinfuse fully immunologically compatible blood. The implementation of indirect markers of blood doping stored in an Athlete's Biological Passport provides a powerful means to deter any form of blood transfusion.
Authors:
Sylvain Giraud; Pierre-Edouard Sottas; Neil Robinson; Martial Saugy
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Handbook of experimental pharmacology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  0171-2004     ISO Abbreviation:  Handb Exp Pharmacol     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-12-18     Completed Date:  2010-02-26     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7902231     Medline TA:  Handb Exp Pharmacol     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  295-304     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses, Chemin des Croisettes 22, 1066, Epalinges, Switzerland. Sylvain.Giraud@chuv.ch
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Athletic Performance
Blood Transfusion*
Blood Transfusion, Autologous
Doping in Sports / methods*
Erythropoietin / blood
Humans
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
11096-26-7/Erythropoietin

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