Use of Mild Plethora to Demonstrate an Erythropoietic Effect from Small Amounts of Androgens

Abstract

Two daily injections of as little as 0.1 mg testosterone are capable of stimulating erythropoiesis in mildly plethoric mice. Twenty-five hundredths of a milligram of testosterone is sufficient to elevate the erythropoietin titers of hypoxic mice.