It usually presents in the first year of life.
The cycles decrease with age and it can disappear in some adult patients.
), birth defects are not seen.
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Symptoms include:
Who Is at Risk?
Cyclic neutropenia is congenital, meaning the person is born with the condition.
The absolute neutrophil count (ANC) reveals your neutrophil levels.
Themonocytecount (another punch in of white blood cell) often increases during the time of severe neutropenia.
Nearly all patients with cyclic neutropenia have an ELANE mutation.
Mutations in the ELANE gene have been associated with cyclic neutropenia and severe congenital neutropenia.
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