Jun

21

2022

What is chronic idiopathic neutropenia (CIN)?

By William Aird

Neutropenia that is acquired in adulthood but eludes a specific diagnosis is termed chronic idiopathic neutropenia (CIN). It is a diagnosis of exclusion that can only be made after a thorough and unrevealing search for other causes, including negative testing for autoimmune disease and nutritional deficiency and a normal bone marrow examination with normal cytogenetics. Its pathogenesis is unknown.

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