Sentences with phrase «immature white blood cells called»

In some cats, the blood will be full of immature white blood cells called lymphoblasts.

In APL, immature white blood cells called promyelocytes increase in abnormal numbers and accumulate in the bone marrow.

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The most striking abnormalities were a markedly elevated white blood cell count of 28,500 per cubic milliliter (the normal level is about 5,000 to 10,000) and what is called a shift to the left, which refers to a large increase in the number of mature and immature granulocytes, cells that increase in number when an acute infection must be fought off.

In a third of MDS cases, over time, very immature bone marrow cells called blasts may increase in number and fill the bone marrow, displacing the normal red and white blood cells and platelets that are produced there.

For example, the presence of increased numbers of immature white blood cells, called band neutrophils or bands for short, indicate a serious infection.