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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Debduti Mukhopadhyay, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Disease name] may be caused by [cause1], [cause2], or [cause3].
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Common causes of [disease] include [cause1], [cause2], and [cause3].
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The most common cause of [disease name] is [cause 1]. Less common causes of [disease name] include [cause 2], [cause 3], and [cause 4].
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The cause of [disease name] has not been identified. To review risk factors for the development of [disease name], click here.
- Primary erythrocytosis
- Polycythemia vera
- Secondary erythrocytosis
- Congenital:
- Erythropoietin receptor-mediated
- High oxygen affinity hemoglobin
- Bisphosphoglycerate mutase deficiency
- VHL (Von Hippel-Lindau) gene mutation (Chuvash erythrocytosis)
- PHD2 mutations
- HIF-2 alpha mutations
- Acquired:
- Hypoxia driven
- Central hypoxic process:
- Chronic Lung disease
- Right-to-left cardiopulmonary vascular shunts
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Smoker's erythrocytosis
- Hypoventilation syndromes including sleep apnea (high-altitude habitat)
- Local renal hypoxia:
- Renal Artery Stenosis
- End Stage Renal Disease
- Hydronephrosis
- Renal cysts (polycystic kidney disease)
- Postrenal transplant erythrocytosis
- Pathologic EPO production:
- Tumors
- Cerebellar hemangioblastoma
- Meningioma
- Parathyroid carcinoma/adenomas
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Renal cell cancer
- Pheochromocytoma
- Uterine leiomyomas
- Exogenous EPO:
- Drug associated
- EPO administration
- Androgen administration
- Idiopathic erythrocytosis