lymphopenia
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thumb | right | alt=alt=Refer to caption | Electron microscopic image of a single human lymphocyte. Lymphocytopenia is the condition of having an abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood. Lymphocytes are a white blood cell with important functions in the immune system. It is also called lymphopenia. The opposite is lymphocytosis, which refers to an excessive level of lymphocytes.
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Lymphocytopenia
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Lymphopenia
- Medical condition (new).field
- Hematology, immunology
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Research
15,314 papers- Lymphopenia in sepsis: a narrative review.Critical care (London, England) · 2024
- Lymphopenia, Lymphopenia-Induced Proliferation, and Autoimmunity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
- Lymphopenia in COVID-19: Therapeutic opportunities.Cell biology international · 2020
- Is lymphopenia different between SARS and COVID-19 patients?FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2021
- Lymphopenia Caused by Virus Infections and the Mechanisms Beyond.Viruses · 2021
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- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000086
- ICD-9-CM
- 288.8
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C26823
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thumb | right | alt=alt=Refer to caption | Electron microscopic image of a single human lymphocyte. Lymphocytopenia is the condition of having an abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood. Lymphocytes are a white blood cell with important functions in the immune system. It is also called lymphopenia. The opposite is lymphocytosis, which refers to an excessive level of lymphocytes.
Lymphocytopenia may be present as part of a pancytopenia, when the total numbers of all types of blood cells are reduced.