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Red cells formed in response to erythropoietine or severe anemia have a substantially shortened life span. The possibility is proposed that this is related to the macrocytic character of the cells. The results are in agreement with the hypothesis that erythropoietine is not the sole regulator of red cell production.
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Frederick Stohlman (1961) studied this question.
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