Invisible Infrastructure in Haematology: Neutrophil Reference Ranges and the Duffy-null Phenotype

Lauren E Merz^{1

2}, Stephen P Hibbs³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom.

Editorial

Lauren E Merz et al. Hemasphere. 2023.

. 2023 Oct 27;7(11):e972.

doi: 10.1097/HS9.0000000000000972. eCollection 2023 Nov.

Lauren E Merz^{1

2}, Stephen P Hibbs³

¹ Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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