About The Medical Condition Recombinant-Methionyl Human Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating F
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Recombinant-Methionyl Human Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating F
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What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Recombinant-Methionyl Human Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating F?
A hematopoietic growth factor which promotes proliferation and maturation of neutrophil granulocytes. Clinically it is effective in decreasing the incidence of febrile neutropenia in patients with non-myeloid malignancies receiving myelosuppressive therapy or in reducing the duration of neutropenia and neutropenia-related clinical sequelae in patients with non-myeloid malignancies undergoing myeloblastive chemotherapy followed by BMT. It has also been used in AIDS patients with CMV retinitis being treated with GANCICLOVIR. (Gelman CR, Rumack BH & Hess AJ (eds): DRUGDEX(R) System. MICROMEDEX, Inc., Englewood, Colorado (Edition expires 11/30/95))
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