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(total neutrophil count <1 × 10/L regardless of total white cell count
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Infections: bacterial; viral; rickettsial; parasitic
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Drugs: antibiotics; chemotherapy agents; anti-metabolites; antipsychotics; anti-thyroid drugs; anti-epileptic drugs; heavy metals
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Ionizing radiation
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Haematopoeitic disease: leukaemia; aplastic anaemia
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Autoimmune: SLE
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Hypersplenism
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Nutritional: alcoholism; B12/folate deficiency
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Banerjee, A. (2017). Haematological and Oncological Emergencies. In: Emergency Clinical Diagnosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50718-7_14
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