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Ethnic benign neutropenia: A phenomenon finds an explanation.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Dec 2018
Palmblad Jan, Höglund Petter
Abstract excerpt
Ethnic benign neutropenia (ENP) is the most common form of neutropenia (NP) worldwide, if an absolute blood neutrophil count (ANC) of < 1.5 G/L is used as definition. In 2009, ENP was associated with a gene variation in the ACKR1/DARC gene, the same variation that also confers the Duffy-null trait. In 2017, a novel mechanism for ENP was introduced, questioning if ENP is a true neutropenic state, when the body's...
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