Lymphopenia and risk of infection and infection-related death in 98,344 individuals from a prospective Danish population-based study.
BACKGROUND:Neutropenia increases the risk of infection, but it is unknown if this also applies to lymphopenia. We therefore tested the hypotheses that lymphopenia is associated with increased risk of infection and infection-related death in the general population. METHODS AND FINDINGS:Of the invited...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-11-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6211632?pdf=render |