Lymphocytes
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Latest Edit: Hector 2014-03-24 (EDT)
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Lymphocytes are part of a white blood cell count and differential.[1], [2]
Clinical Implications
High levels(referred to lymphocytosis) indicate:
- chronic bacterial infection
- viral infection
- lymphocytic leukemia
- multiple myeloma
- infectious mononucleosis
- inflammation
- radiation
- infectious hepatitis
- systemic toxicity
Low levels (referred to as lymphoccytopenia) indicate:
- chronic viral or bacterial infections
- free radical activity
- active bacterial infection
- leukemia
- sepsis
- immunodeficiency diseases
- suppressed bone marrow function
- Lupus erythematosus
- drug therapy
- radiation therapy
References
- ↑ Pagana Kathleen D, Pagana Timothy J (2006) Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, Mosby.
- ↑ Weatherby Dicken, Ferguson Scott (2002) Blood Chemistry and CBC Analysis: Clinical Laboratory Testing from a Functional Perspective, Bear Mountain.