What is Agranulocytosis?
What is Agranulocytosis?
- Agranulocytosis: Total lack of granulocytes in the blood.
- Agranulocytosis: A decrease in the number of mature granulocytes (neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils) in the peripheral blood. -- 2004
Source - Diseases Database
- Agranulocytosis: an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Agranulocytosis: Introduction
Types of Agranulocytosis:
Types of Agranulocytosis:
How serious is Agranulocytosis?
Complications of Agranulocytosis:
see complications of Agranulocytosis
What causes Agranulocytosis?
Causes of Agranulocytosis: see causes of Agranulocytosis
What are the symptoms of Agranulocytosis?
Symptoms of Agranulocytosis:
see symptoms of Agranulocytosis
Complications of Agranulocytosis:
see complications of Agranulocytosis
Can anyone else get Agranulocytosis?
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Agranulocytosis
Agranulocytosis: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Agranulocytosis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Agranulocytosis.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Agranulocytosis:
see treatments for Agranulocytosis
Research for Agranulocytosis:
see research for Agranulocytosis
Society issues for Agranulocytosis
Hospitalization statistics for Agranulocytosis:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Agranulocytosis:
- 0.076% (9,708) of hospital consultant episodes were for agranulocytosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 89% of hospital consultant episodes for agranulocytosis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 43% of hospital consultant episodes for agranulocytosis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 57% of hospital consultant episodes for agranulocytosis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 71% of hospital consultant episodes for agranulocytosis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Agranulocytosis
Main name of condition: Agranulocytosis
Other names or spellings for Agranulocytosis:
Granulocytopenia, Neutrophil count low (peripheral blood), Schulz's disease, Neutropenia
Source - Diseases Database
Agranulosis, Granulocytopenia
Source - WordNet 2.1
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