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How would you approach chronic isolated severe non-cyclic neutropenia with negative bone marrow and rheumatologic work-up?

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Hematology · University of Maryland
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My preference would be to use G-CSF at the lowest effective dose, i.e., the dose that maintains the ANC >1000. The risk of inducing leukemia is low in individuals with idiopathic, chronic neutropenia, but it is positively correlated with the G-CSF dose. There are also other side effects like bone pa...

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