Relative to filgrastim (G-CSF), sargramostim (GM-CSF)
A. Has greater oral bioavailability
B. Is more likely to causethrombocytopenia
C. Is more likely to elicit an allergic reaction
D. Stimulates production of a wider variety of hematopoietic stem cells
A. Has greater oral bioavailability
B. Is more likely to causethrombocytopenia
C. Is more likely to elicit an allergic reaction
D. Stimulates production of a wider variety of hematopoietic stem cells
Ans. D.
Stimulates production of a wider variety of hematopoietic stem cells
GM-CSF has wider
biologic activity than G-CSF; it stimulates early myeloid stem cells in
addition to cells destined become neutrophils 