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  • adjective Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.

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  • adjective of or relating to granulocytes

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Examples

  • Ticks act as the vectors for such arthropod-borne maladies as Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi), Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia rickettsii), Tularemia (Francisella tularensis), and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia chaffeensis).

    Tularemia 2008

  • In areas of endemicity, coinfection with Borrelia microti or the Ehrlichia species that causes human granulocytic ehrlichiosis HGE may explain persistent symptoms for a small number of these patients.

    Archive 2007-03-01 1 Dinosaur 2007

  • In acute granulocytic leukemia, the marrow produces too many precursors of granulocytes (called myeloblasts), a type of white blood cell, that when mature, fights infections, particularly infections from bacteria.

    Leukemia - Diagnosis and Treatment 2005

  • There have been some 100 cases of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) and more than 400 of human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME), with more than 10 fatalities, since the diseases were recognized, in 1993 and 1985.

    The Almanac 1996

  • It produced two good clinical remissions in chronic granulocytic leukemia in adults but produced severe nausea and vomiting as well as severe bone marrow depression in two other patients (21).

    Nobel Lecture The Purine Path To Chemotherapy 1988

  • With the collaboration of Wayne Rundles, we explored this possibility in patients with chronic granulocytic leukemia in whom the efficacy and metabolism of 6-MP could be investigated.

    Nobel Lecture The Purine Path To Chemotherapy 1988

  • In North America, the following diseases are caused by tick bites: Lyme disease, human granulocytic and monocytic ehrlichiosis, babesiosis, relapsing fever, Rocky

    WN.com - Articles related to Africa making dramatic strides in malaria fight 2010

  • Zhang JW, Zhang XH, Wang RX (2007) Differential gene expression in human hematopoietic stem cells specified toward erythroid, megakaryocytic, and granulocytic lineage.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Claudia Filippone et al. 2010

  • Retinoic acid (RA) relieves the maturation block in t (15: 17) acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), leading to granulocytic differentiation.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs S McNamara 2010

  • America, the following diseases are caused by tick bites: Lyme disease, human granulocytic and monocytic ehrlichiosis, babesiosis, relapsing fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Colorado tick fever, tularemia, Q fever, and tick paralysis.

    WN.com - Articles related to Africa making dramatic strides in malaria fight 2010

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