In addition, we examined the association of EPO levels with biological parameters associated to the lysis of red blood cells [hemoglobin, P. falciparum histidine-rich protein-2 (PfHRP-2), hemopexin and total heme levels], and to pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine associated to heme levels and involved in CM pathophysiology. Here, EPO is linked to cutaneous mastocytosis.