Prevalence and clinical significance of neutropenia discovered in routine complete blood cell counts: a longitudinal study
- 21 January 2016
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 279 (6), 566-575
- https://doi.org/10.1111/joim.12467
Abstract
Neutropenia, defined as an absolute blood neutrophil count (ANC) 50%, respectively.Neutropenia is an ominous sign necessitating careful follow-up. The risk estimates presented here support focusing attention to viral diseases and haematological malignancies when neutropenia is observed.Keywords
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