Subject: GLOSSARY (g)
Date: November 1989 from BETA #3 and BETA #4 (5 items)
- G6PD:
- Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.
- ganciclovir (DHPG):
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An experimental antiviral drug used in the treatment
of CMV retinitis, AIDS related meningoencephalitis,
and AIDS related polyradiculopathy.
- granulocyte:
- A type of white blood cell.
- granulocytopenia:
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An abnormally low number of granulocytes in the circulating blood that can lead to increased risk of severe
bacterial infection.
- Guillain Barr syndrome:
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An acute disease that produces bilateral weakness or
paralysis, most commonly in the legs and feet.