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Filgrastim to treat neutropenia and support myelosuppressive medication dosing in HIV infection

DOI

44

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0

References

1996

Year

Phillippe Hermans, Willy Rozenbaum, Antoni Jou, Francesco Castelli, Jan C.C. Borleffs, Stephen Gray, Nick Ward, Andrea Gori, Anna De Bona, Carlos Ferré,
AIDS

Abstract

Filgrastim rapidly reverses neutropenia and maintains normal ANC in patients with HIV infection. This allows greater use of myelosuppressive medications without the potentially life-threatening complications of neutropenia.