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reticulocytopenia

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reticulocytopenia /re·tic·u·lo·cy·to·pe·nia/ (rĕ-tik″u-lo-si″to-pe´ne-ah) deficiency of reticulocytes in the blood.
re·tic·u·lo·cy·to·pe·ni·a (r-tky-l-st-pn-)
n.
An abnormal decrease in the number of reticulocytes in the blood. Also called reticulopenia.

reticulocytopenia
[ritik′yəlōsī′təpē′nē·ə]
Etymology: L, reticulum + Gk, kytos, cell, penia, poverty
a decrease below the normal range of 0.5% to 1.5% in the number of reticulocytes in a blood sample.

reticulocytopenia [rĕ-tik″u-lo-si″to-pe´ne-ah]
a deficiency of reticulocytes in the peripheral blood.

reticulocytopenia
a deficiency of reticulocytes in the peripheral blood.


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Diagnostic Features: Pancytopenia, reticulocytopenia, marked hypocellularity of bone marrow.
8) Riboflavin deficiency can cause a normochromic, normocytic anemia and reticulocytopenia that responds to supplementation.
In this patient, as with previous cases, the hypothesis of ADE is supported by complete reversal of anemia and reticulocytopenia after discontinuation of quinupristin-dalfopristin.
 
 
 
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