drug-induced neutropenia

drug-induced neutropenia
neutropenia caused by medications; the most common mechanisms are immunologic (formation of antibodies destructive to neutrophils or of immune complexes that bind to neutrophils), followed by inhibition of granulopoiesis and direct damage to bone marrow or precursor cells of the granulocytic series.

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