Hemostasis and coagulation at a hematocrit of 0.85: functional consequences of erythrocytosis

word count: 239 Total text word count: 3790 Supported by a grant of the Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, Shinshu University (KFW) and a faculty grant of the University Lübeck (KFW). Topic: Hemostasis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology * Both authors contributed equally to the study # Present address: Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, Shinshu University, Japan § Present address: Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA $ Present address: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA Corresponding author: Klaus F. Wagner, M.D. Department of Anesthesiology, University Lübeck Ratzeburger Allee 160, D-23538 Lübeck Email: [email protected] Copyright (c) 2003 American Society of Hematology Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online February 6, 2003; DOI 10.1182/blood-2002-09-2814 only. For personal use at PENN STATE UNIVERSITY on February 20, 2013. bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org From