Blood transfusion in sports.

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serval:BIB_F655CACB7F5F
Type
A part of a book
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Blood transfusion in sports.
Title of the book
Doping in sports: Biochemical Principles, Effects and Analysis
Author(s)
Giraud S., Sottas P.E., Robinson N., Saugy M.
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
ISBN
0171-2004 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2010
Editor
Thieme Detlef, Hemmersbach Peter
Series
Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
Pages
295-304
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
Abstract
Blood transfusion is an effective and unmediated means of increasing the number of red blood cells in the circulation in order to enhance athletic performance. Blood transfusion became popular in the 1970s among elite endurance athletes and declined at the end of the 1980s with the introduction of recombinant erythropoietin. The successive implementation in 2001 of a direct test to detect exogenous erythropoietin and in 2004 of a test to detect allogeneic blood transfusion forced cheating athletes to reinfuse fully immunologically compatible blood. The implementation of indirect markers of blood doping stored in an Athlete's Biological Passport provides a powerful means to deter any form of blood transfusion.
Keywords
Athletic Performance, Blood Transfusion, Blood Transfusion, Autologous, Doping in Sports/methods, Erythropoietin/blood, Humans
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