How to Make the Right Diagnosis in Neutropenia

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10.2991/chi.k.210216.001How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Neutropenia; infections; drugs; differential diagnosis

Abstract

Isolated neutropenia without anemia or thrombocytopenia is a common clinical problem. The etiology of neutropenia may vary from transient bone marrow suppression, caused by self-limited viral illnesses, to previously undiagnosed congenital syndromes or serious systemic diseases. Consequently, determining the underlying cause of neutropenia and what treatment is required can be challenging. Acquired neutropenia is common and most of the times an etiologic factor can be found. Congenital neutropenia (CN) is rare, and we still have a lot to learn from mutational analysis as to the exact role of gene abnormalities in the pathogenesis of these complex diseases. This mini-review discusses a proposed approach to neutropenia in the adult patient.

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© 2021 International Academy for Clinical Hematology. Publishing services by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Elena E. Solomou
AU  - Christina Salamaliki
AU  - Maria Lagadinou
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/02/26
TI  - How to Make the Right Diagnosis in Neutropenia
JO  - Clinical Hematology International
SP  - 41
EP  - 46
VL  - 3
IS  - 2
SN  - 2590-0048
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/chi.k.210216.001
DO  - 10.2991/chi.k.210216.001
ID  - Solomou2021
ER  -