A CASE OF CYCLICAL AGRANULOCYTOSIS WITH MARKED IMPROVEMENT FOLLOWING SPLENECTOMY

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1 March 1949

journal article
research article
Published by American Society of Hematology in Blood

Vol. 4 (3) , 269-277
https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.v4.3.269.269

Abstract

1. A case of cyclical agranulocytosis beginning in a man at the age of 62 years is described. 2. The course of the illness was greatly modified by splenectomy; neutropenia continued but phases of complete agranulocytosis and infection ceased.

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