Defect of bone marrow granulocyte reserve in liver cirrhosis evaluated with etiocholanolone.
In patients with cirrhosis, the etiocholanolone test showed a decrease in the bone marrow granulocyte reserve; in all the cases studied, the baseline counts of peripheral granulocytes were normla. The mechanisms leading to such a defect are explained.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D005043:Etiocholanolone; D005260:Female; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors
D005043:Etiocholanolone