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leukemoid

[′lü·kə‚mȯid]
(medicine)
Similar to leukemia, that is, characterized by the presence of immature leukocytes in the blood, but of a different etiology.
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The relationship between leukemoid reaction and perinatal morbidity, mortality, and chorioamnionitis in low birth weight infants.
The LAP score is usually decreased in chronic myelogenous leukemia and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, while it is increased in leukemoid reaction and polycythemia vera.
Unusual presentation of malaria as a leukemoid reaction: A case report.
In the CBC, leukocytes averaged 18,488, ranging between 3300 and 74,300 (SD 13,925), 39% of neutrophils, ranging between 11% and 90% (SD 18), 49% of lymphocytes, ranging between 8% and 84% (SD 18), 9.8 g/dl of hemoglobin, ranging between 2 and 16 g (SD 3), 496,842 platelets, ranging between 18,400 and 937,000 (SD 181,723), with leukemoid reaction (24%) and eosinophilia (6%).
Patient B was found to have negative blood cultures at the time of presentation and his elevated WBC count more likely represents a leukemoid reaction.
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