Myelokathexis

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Myelokathexis
Classification and external resources
ICD-9 288.0[1]
DiseasesDB 32164

Myelokathexis is a congenital disorder that causes severe, chronic leukopenia (a reduction of circulating white blood cells) and neutropenia (a reduction of neutrophil granulocyte white blood cells).[2]

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[edit] Treatment

Myelokathexis is amongst the diseases treated with bone marrow transplantation and cord blood stem cells.

[edit] References

  1. ^ ICD-9-CM Disease Index: M. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
  2. ^ Aprikyan AA, Liles WC, Park JR, Jonas M, Chi EY, Dale DC (2000). "Myelokathexis, a congenital disorder of severe neutropenia characterized by accelerated apoptosis and defective expression of bcl-x in neutrophil precursors". Blood 95 (1): 320–7. PMID 10607719. 

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

  • bloodjournal.org — Myelokathexis, a congenital disorder of severe neutropenia characterized by accelerated apoptosis and defective expression of bcl-x in neutrophil precursors by Andrew A. G. Aprikyan, W. Conrad Liles, Julie R. Park, Mechthild Jonas, Emil Y. Chi, and David C. Dale


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