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Neutropenia (Severe Chronic)

What are the causes?

The cause of SCN differs according to the specific type and can be hereditary, autoimmune (in which the body destroys its own neutrophils), related to bone marrow production or idiopathic (of unknown cause).

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Medical text written October 2005 by Contact a Family. Approved October 2005 by Dr P Ancliffe, Consultant Haematologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.

 

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