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Upper Respiratory Infection
It appears that large doses of vitamin C are necessary to achieve its beneficial effect as an antioxidant in activated leukocytes.[clevelandclinicmeded.com]
[…] from 1995 to 2006, antibiotic prescriptions decreased by 18%.32 Prescriptions for penicillins, cephalosporins, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and tetracyclines have decreased[clevelandclinicmeded.com]
However, it is not yet known whether vitamin D supplementation would decrease the frequency of URI.[clevelandclinicmeded.com]
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Influenza
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Acute Gastroenteritis
It disrupts the mucosa, causing bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever, and fecal leukocytes are present.[contemporaryclinic.pharmacytimes.com]
Large numbers of leukocytes on a fecal smear may also indicate an inflammatory bacterial process.[aafp.org]
[…] cause the release of chloride ions into the intestinal lumen, leading to secretory diarrhea Signs and symptoms These include the following: Diarrhea Vomiting Increase or decrease[emedicine.medscape.com]
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Infectious Mononucleosis
Admixed with this lymphocytic infiltrate, but in relatively minimal numbers, were a few plasma cells and polymorphonuclear leukocytes.[link.springer.com]
Keywords Kupffer Cell Infectious Hepatitis Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Portal Tract Electrophoretic Pattern These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors.[link.springer.com]
The most commonly seen abnormalities in the paper electrophoretic patterns of sera obtained from patients with infectious mononucleosis were decreased albumin, increased gamma[link.springer.com]
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Leukopenia
The leukopenia is the decreased number of white blood cells or leukocytes, the disease-fighting cells that circulate in the blood.[leucopenia.net]
Thus a decrease in their quantity will not cause a substantial decrease in the level of leukocytes.[hxbenefit.com]
An abnormally low number of leukocytes in the circulating blood. leu′ko·pe′nic adj. leukopenia [lo̅o̅′kōpē′nē·ə] Etymology: Gk, leukos penes, poor an abnormal decrease in[medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]
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Gaucher Disease
The fetal form manifests with a decrease or absence of fetal movements or anasarca.[orpha.net]
Diagnostic methods Formal diagnosis of the disease is determined by the measurement of glucocerebrosidase levels in circulating leukocytes.[orpha.net]
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Chediak Higashi Syndrome
Case Report A 3 year old girl child presented with complaints of high grade fever associated with chills and rigor, dry cough for seven days, decreased intake and lethargy[omicsgroup.org]
Rebuck skin windows showed a decreased accumulation of leukocytes at an inflammatory site.[jci.org]
. Chédiak–Higashi syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that arises from amicrotubule polymerization defect which leads to a decrease in phagocytosis.[slideshare.net]
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Niemann-Pick Disease
On laboratory testing, there is a decrease in high-density lipoprotein (HDL)- cholesterol, elevated triglycerides, and an increase in LDL-cholesterol.[medbullets.com]
Residual acid sphingomyelinase activity in peripheral blood leukocytes is Introduction Clinical definition a lipid storage disorder due to sphingomyelinase deficiency Epidemiology[medbullets.com]
She has been urinating and stooling well, but her parents report decreased interest in food. All prenatal screening for the patient was unremarkable.[medbullets.com]
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Agranulocytosis
Laboratory tests reveal a profound leukopenia (low leukocyte count). Treatment .[medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]
[…] white blood cell count, unspecified 2016 2017 2018 Billable/Specific Code Applicable To Decreased leukocytes, unspecified Leukocytopenia, unspecified Leukopenia Type 1 Excludes[icd10data.com]
Leukocyte transfusion may also be beneficial for agranulocytosis patients to replace the deficit in the granulocytes especially the neutrophils Agranulocytosis 4.8 (95.24%[mddk.com]
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Hypersplenism
The splenomegaly can lead to an increased turnover in erythrocytes and platelets, with a lesser effect on leukocytes.[for-surgeons.com]
As a disorder, hypersplenism typically involves a distended spleen (splenomegaly), decreased levels of leukocytes, erythrocytes and platelets, shorter platelet and erythrocyte[symptoma.com]
Red cell survival is also decreased, by up to 50 per cent, and this is also proportional to spleen size.[ots1.narod.ru]