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To the Editor: Casadevall et al. (Feb. 14 issue)¹ reported 13 cases of pure red-cell aplasia and antierythropoietin antibodies in European patients who received recombinant erythropoietin (epoetin). Data submitted to the Food and Drug Administration suggest important differences among brands of epoetin with regard to recent increases in reports of pure red-cell aplasia.

Epogen, Procrit, and Eprex are brands of epoetin licensed in the United States. Epogen and Procrit are identical formulations of the same active ingredient (epoetin) distributed only in the United States. Eprex is a different product, which is distributed only outside the United States. For all biologic . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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