Incidence and mechanism of neutropenia and thrombocytopenia in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection
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- 7 July 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Haematology
- Vol. 66 (3) , 337-340
Abstract
Summary: The incidence of lymphopenia, thrombocytopenia and neutropenia was studied in 105 homosexual men with HIV infection. Lymphopenia was common in patients with AIDS (75%), but its incidence in PGL (24%) was not significantly different from that in asymptomatic anti‐HIV positive (15%) homosexual men. Neutropenia and thrombocytopenia were found in patients with AIDS or PGL. but not in asymptomatic anti‐HIV positive homosexuals. The study suggests that the neutropenia and thombocytopenia in these patients were due to autoimmune destruction of neutrophils and platelets.Keywords
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