Neutropenia in 6 ethnic groups from the Caribbean and the U.S.

Cancer

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 854-860

  Grann, Victor R ^a,b,e   Bowman, Natalie ^a   Joseph, Cecil ^c   Wei, Ying ^a,b   Horwitz, Marshall S ^d   Jacobson, Judith S ^a,b   Santella, Regina P ^a,b   Hershman, Dawn L ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Long Island University ^*  (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute neutrophil count; African; Caribbean; Neutropenia; U.S.; White blood cell count

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRAL AMERICA; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHILS; UNITED STATES; WEST INDIES;

EID: 50249180392     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23614     Document Type: Article

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