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Old Fri Jan 21, 2011, 07:44 AM
Marlene Marlene is offline
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They sure can. Fevers can use go through platelets and red cells somehow. Don't what the mechanism is but it can cause a temporary drop in counts.
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Marlene, wife to John DX w/SAA April 2002, Stable partial remission; Treated with High Dose Cytoxan, Johns Hopkins, June 2002. Final phlebotomy 11/2016. As of July 2021 HGB 12.0, WBC 4.70/ANC 3.85, Plts 110K.
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