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Recombinant Interleukin-11 for Chemotherapy-Induced Thrombocytopenia

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved use of recombinant human interleukin 11 (rhIL-11; oprelvekin; Neumega - Genetics Institute) to increase platelet counts and decrease the need for platelet transfusions in patients with severe thrombocytopenia caused by chemotherapy for nonmyeloid malignancies....
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Title: Recombinant Interleukin-11 for Chemotherapy-Induced Thrombocytopenia
Publication: The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
Issue #: 1032
Article Code: 1032b
Date: July 31, 1998
Volume: 40
Pages: 75-77

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