Myelokathexis
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Myelokathexis is a congenital disorder that causes severe, chronic leukopenia (a reduction of circulating white blood cells) and neutropenia (a reduction of neutrophil granulocyte white blood cells).
[edit] Treatment
Myelokathexis is amongst the diseases treated with bone marrow transplantation and cord blood stem cells.
[edit] External links
- bloodjournal.org — Myelokathexis, a congenital disorder of severe neutropenia characterized by accelerated apoptosis and defective expression of bcl-x in neutrophil precursors by Andrew A. G. Aprikyan, W. Conrad Liles, Julie R. Park, Mechthild Jonas, Emil Y. Chi, and David C. Dale
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