Autoimmune neutropenia

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Autoimmune neutropenia
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Autoimmune neutropenia is a form of neutropenia which is most common in infants and young children[1] where the body identifies the neutrophils as enemies and makes antibody to destroy them.

This form usually lessens in severity within two years of diagnosis.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bux J, Behrens G, Jaeger G, Welte K (1998). "Diagnosis and clinical course of autoimmune neutropenia in infancy: analysis of 240 cases". Blood 91 (1): 181–6. PMID 9414283. 
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