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leukocytopenia

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leukocytopenia /leu·ko·cy·to·pe·nia/ (-si″to-pe´ne-ah) leukopenia.
leu·ko·cy·to·pe·ni·a (lk-st-pn-)
n.

leukocytopenia.

leukopenia [loo″ko-pe´ne-ah]
reduction of the number of leukocytes in the blood below about 5000 per mm3. Called also aleukemia, aleukocytosis, and leukocytopenia. adj., adj leukope´nic.
malignant leukopenia (pernicious leukopenia) agranulocytosis.

leukocytopenia
leukopenia.


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Grade 3 and 4 main toxicities reported among the 36 patients recruited into the study were 25% leukocytopenia (neutropenic fever was not reported) and 11% diarrhoea with a median duration of 6 days.
Firstly, hematologic diseases may lead to thrombocytopenia, leukocytopenia or suppressed abilities to mount reactive thrombocytosis or leukocytosis in the presence of C difficile.
 
 
 
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