title: [Rational approach of leucocytosis in adults].
abstract: Several factors may influence the increased level of white blood cells (physical and/or emotional stimuli, infections, inflammations, drugs, toxins, etc.). The best approach to identify these disorders gets through a physical examination and a precise history. A particular attention should be focused on the onset of lymph nodes and/or splenomegaly. Among severe haematological disorders to take into consideration, we should exclude acute leukemias, chronic leukemias and myeloproliferative disorders.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Hématologie, Institut Jules Bordet, Bruxelles. dbron@ulb.ac.be
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authors.lastname: Bron
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000465:Algorithms; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007964:Leukocytosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology