Patient Care
Platelet Growth Factor Aids Hepatitis C Patients
Hepatitis C patients who cannot begin treatment or must discontinue treatment with the drugs currently prescribed because of thrombocytopenia can now do so when also treated with the platelet growth factor interleukin-11 (oprelvekin). More...30 Nov -0001
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