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  • Title: Incidence and mechanism of neutropenia and thrombocytopenia in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
    Author: Murphy MF, Metcalfe P, Waters AH, Carne CA, Weller IV, Linch DC, Smith A.
    Journal: Br J Haematol; 1987 Jul; 66(3):337-40. PubMed ID: 3620353.
    Abstract:
    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 thrombocytopenia in these patients were due to autoimmune destruction of neutrophils and platelets.
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