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Congenital neutropenia: diagnosis, molecular bases and patient management.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 19 May 2011
Donadieu Jean, Fenneteau Odile, Beaupain Blandine, Mahlaoui Nizar, Chantelot Christine Bellanné
Abstract excerpt
The term congenital neutropenia encompasses a family of neutropenic disorders, both permanent and intermittent, severe (<0.5 G/l) or mild (between 0.5-1.5 G/l), which may also affect other organ systems such as the pancreas, central nervous system, heart, muscle and skin. Neutropenia can lead to life-threatening pyogenic infections, acute gingivostomatitis and chronic parodontal disease, and each successive...
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