Thrombotic events are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality for patients with polycythemia vera (PV), and previous reports have shown a significant correlation between elevated white blood ...

The results, published in the March 14, 2005 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, show that a WBC count greater than 6.7x10 9 cells/L may identify individuals at high risk of cardiovascular ...

Testing for white blood cell count and white cell differentials is an important part of leukemia diagnosis. But even after diagnosis, your white blood cell count helps monitor disease progression and ...

What is the workup for persistent (months to years) elevation of the WBC count in an asymptomatic patient who demonstrates no other abnormalities in the complete blood count? —Phuong Thi Ngoc, DO, ...

October 1, 2007 — Postmenopausal women with elevated white blood cell (WBC) counts appear to be at a higher risk of developing certain malignancies, including incident invasive breast, colorectal, ...

Participants were from an atherosclerosis cohort survey, including 9540 community residents, that was conducted between December 2011 and April 2012 in Beijing, China. Initially, the prespecified age ...

As a non-specific marker of systemic inflammation, the white blood cell count (WBC) has relevant diagnostic and prognostic utility in cancer patients, with its unexplained rise in lung carcinoma ...

Phase I/II study of idarubicin given with continuous infusion fludarabine followed by continuous infusion cytarabine in children with acute leukemia: a report from the Children's Cancer Group. The ALL ...