Therapeutic Phlebotomy for Testosterone-Induced Polycythemia.

CONCLUSIONS: Our BC observed increased TP requests for patients on TRT from 2014 through 2016. Our findings suggest that individuals on TRT may be presenting to BCs as volunteer blood donors to avoid charges for TP.
PMID: 32134468 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: American Journal of Clinical Pathology - March 4, 2020 Category: Pathology Authors: Van Buren NL, Hove AJ, French TA, Gorlin JB Tags: Am J Clin Pathol Source Type: research