Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (320 page)

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   Causes of Neutropenia
   
Decreased bone marrow production
   Myelodysplastic syndromes
   Aplastic anemia
   Chemotherapy
   Acute leukemia
   Radiation therapy or accident
   Folic acid or vitamin B
12
deficiency
   
Increased bone marrow production but decreased survival of neutrophils
   Autoimmune and isoimmune neutropenia
   SLE and RA
   Felty syndrome
   Hypersplenism
   Large granular lymphocytosis

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