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A young child is diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia and her parents cannot understand why infection is a major problem for her when her wbc count is so high why is that?

Anonymous

∙ 12y ago

Updated: 12/16/2022

Janies, WBC are immature and nonfunctional. This is the cause of her infections.

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∙ 12y ago

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