Joseph Wetherill Eschbach (January 21, 1933 September 7, 2007) was an American doctor and kidney specialist whose twenty years of research starting in the ...
John W. Adamson - Bainbridge Island WA Joseph W. Eschbach - Bellevue WA Michael R. Downing - Thousand Oaks CA Joan C. Egrie - Thousand Oaks CA
Assignee:
Amgen, Inc. - Thousand Oaks CA
International Classification:
C07K 3724 C07K 3736
US Classification:
514 8
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.