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Review
. 1984 Jan;68(1):105-20.
doi: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)31244-5.

Alcohol and the blood

E C Larkin, E J Watson-Williams
Review

Alcohol and the blood

E C Larkin et al. Med Clin North Am. 1984 Jan.

Abstract

Pathologic effects of ethanol on hematopoietic tissue can result directly from alcohol ingestion or from secondary nutritional deficiencies or hepatic disease. The clinician will often confront an array of overlapping syndromes in the alcoholic patient which involve abnormalities of erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets.

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