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. 2013 Dec 18;36(2):264–267. doi: 10.1007/s11096-013-9897-2

Table 2.

Classification of neutropenia

Congenital Severe infantile agranulocytosis (Kostmann’s syndrome), Shwachman–Diamond–Oski syndrome, Myelokathexis/neutropenia with tetraploid nuclei, Cyclic neutropenia,Chediak–Higashi syndrome, Reticular dysgenesis, Dyskeratosis congenita
Acquired Postinfectious neutropenia
Drug-induced neutropenia
Complement activation (haemodialysis, leukapheresis,ARDS)
Immune neutropenia
 Isoimmune neonatal neutropenia, Alloimmune neutropenia(transfusion reaction), Autoimmune neutropenia(primary), Autoimmune neutropenia(secondary)
Chronic idiopathic neutropenia
Hypersplenism
Nutritional deficiency (vitamin B12 or folate deficiency)
Diseases affecting the bone marrow
 Postchemotherapy, Aplastic anaemia, Fanconi anaemia, Myelodysplastic syndrome, Acute and chronic leukaemia

Adapted from Capsoni et al. [5]