Lymphocyte - Lymphocytes and Disease

Lymphocytes and Disease

A lymphocyte count is usually part of a peripheral complete blood cell count and is expressed as percentage of lymphocytes to total white blood cells counted.

A general increase in the number of lymphocytes is known as lymphocytosis whereas a decrease is lymphocytopenia.

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