How we diagnose neutropenia in the adult and elderly patient

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Hematology, The Karolinska Institutet at Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, and SWG on Granulocytes and Monocytes of the EHA Jan.Palmblad@ki.se.
² Clinical and Exprimental Haematology Unit, G.Gaslini Children's Hospital, Genova, Italy and SWG on Granulocytes and Monocytes of the EHA.
³ Department of Hematology, University of Crete Medical School, Heraklion, Greece and SWG on Granulocytes and Monocytes of the EHA.

Review

Jan Palmblad et al. Haematologica. 2014 Jul.

. 2014 Jul;99(7):1130-3.

doi: 10.3324/haematol.2014.110288.

¹ Department of Medicine and Hematology, The Karolinska Institutet at Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, and SWG on Granulocytes and Monocytes of the EHA Jan.Palmblad@ki.se.
² Clinical and Exprimental Haematology Unit, G.Gaslini Children's Hospital, Genova, Italy and SWG on Granulocytes and Monocytes of the EHA.
³ Department of Hematology, University of Crete Medical School, Heraklion, Greece and SWG on Granulocytes and Monocytes of the EHA.

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