Familial Benign Chronic Neutropenia
Authors: Hunter O. Cutting, J. Eugene Lang
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1964)

Article1 November 1964Familial Benign Chronic NeutropeniaHUNTER O. CUTTING, J. EUGENE LANGHUNTER O. CUTTINGSearch for more papers by this author, J. EUGENE LANGSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-61-5-876 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA unique congenital hematological syndrome has been studied in a kindred of three individuals during the past year in the Hematology Clinic of the United States Naval Hospital, San Diego, California. Investigation of this family has disclosed five additional cases. This syndrome is characterized by consistent neutropenia associated with normal to decreased leukocyte counts and usually with relative lymphocytosis, monocytosis, and variable eosinophilia.Familial benign chronic neutropenia is inherited as a nonsex-linked dominant. 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