Article
Transient stress lymphocytosis during crisis of sickle cell anemia and emergency trauma and medical conditions. An immunophenotyping study.
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine - 1 Jun 1990
Groom D A, Kunkel L A, Brynes R K, Parker J W, Johnson C S, Endres D
Abstract excerpt
Transient absolute lymphocytosis of peripheral blood has been described in "stress"-related emergency trauma and medical conditions. There are no reports of this phenomenon in patients with sickle cell anemia with vaso-occlusive crisis. We studied initial and follow-up immunophenotypic characteri...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Adult
- Anemia, Sickle Cell
- Blood Cell Count
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Hydrocortisone
- Leukocyte Count
- Lymphocytes
- Lymphocytosis
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Stress, Physiological
- Wounds and Injuries