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27 Μαΐ 2022 · Neutropenia involves having low levels of neutrophils (a type of white blood cell) in your blood. Infections, cancer and cancer treatments are common causes.
3 Οκτ 2020 · The primary complications of neutropenia are recurrent and fatal bacterial, viral, and fungal infections. Another major concern is the development of myelodysplastic syndrome or acute myeloid leukemia, the risk of which is especially high in congenital neutropenias secondary to mutations in ELANE , HAX1 , WAS, GATA2, G6PC3, and SBDS.
21 Αυγ 2014 · Isolated neutropenia is a common clinical problem seen by primary care physicians and hematologists. The evaluation of neutropenia is dictated by the acuity of the clinical presentation and the duration, age, and clinical status of the patient. In this review, we provide a practical approach to the evaluation of the adult patient with ...
27 Απρ 2023 · Neutropenia, as an isolated blood cell deficiency, is a feature of a wide spectrum of acquired or congenital, benign or premalignant disorders with a predisposition to develop myelodysplastic neoplasms/acute myeloid leukemia that may arise at any age.
9 Απρ 2024 · Neutropenia is a low neutrophil count. Neutrophils are essential components of the haematopoietic and immune system, and quantitative or qualitative abnormalities of neutrophils can result in life-threatening infection. Neutropenia can result from: decreased production, accelerated utilisation, i...
Idiopathic and autoimmune neutropenia affect women more often than men, with less difference between women and men in congenital forms. Autoimmune neutropenia may occur as a result of a viral infection where autoantibodies to a protein on the surface of neutrophils are generated.
Although neutropenia can affect anyone, children and older adults are diagnosed with the condition more often than adults. And women are diagnosed about five times more often than men. The good news is that there are treatments available to improve neutropenia, as well as to treat some of its underlying causes.
