0 the state of having abnormally low levels of neutrophils (= disease-fighting white blood cells) in the blood: --
Neutropenia is frequently associated with the use of chemotherapeutic drugs to treat cancer.
Overall tolerance was good, with transient high grade fever and neutropenia.
It is also the first example of a specific event linking the cytoskeleton to neutropenia.
The patient recovered from neutropenia without any bacterial infection and is currently clinically well on digoxin therapy.
In addition, severe neutropenia might require patient isolation to avoid infections.
In addition, productivity losses due to neutropenia are never considered although it may lead to lengthy hospitalizations and affect young people in employment.
Deferiprone has been associated with some potential toxicities, such as leukopenia, neutropenia and arthritis.
Overall only 3% of patients were hospitalized for febrile neutropenia.
The causal relationship between severe neutropenia and lethality is also rather weak.
