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| ==Overview==
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| '''Agranulocytosis''', also known as '''Agranulosis''' or '''Granulopenia''', is an acute condition involving a severe and dangerous [[leukopenia]] (lowered [[white blood cell]] count), most commonly of [[neutrophils]] causing a [[neutropenia]] in the circulating blood.<ref>[http://www.emedicine.com/asp/dictionary.asp?keyword=agranulocytosis eMedicine/Stedman Medical Dictionary ]</ref><ref>http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic82.htm</ref> It represents a severe lack of one major class of infection-fighting white blood cells. People with this condition are at very high risk of serious infections due to their [[Immunodeficiency|suppressed immune system]].
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| In agranulocytosis, the concentration of [[granulocyte]]s (a major class of [[white blood cells]] that includes neutrophils, [[basophils]], and [[eosinophils]]) drops below 100 cells/mm³ of blood, which is less than 5% of the normal value.
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