White blood cell count profile in patients with physical complaints without known causes

Tetsuya Akaishi; Tadashi Ishii; Naoki Nakaya; Tomohiro Nakamura; Mana Kogure; Rieko Hatanaka; Fumi Itabashi; Ikumi Kanno; Masashi Aoki; Atsushi Hozawa

doi:10.1177/20503121221105328

SAGE Open Medicine (Jun 2022)

White blood cell count profile in patients with physical complaints without known causes

Tetsuya Akaishi,
Tadashi Ishii,
Naoki Nakaya,
Tomohiro Nakamura,
Mana Kogure,
Rieko Hatanaka,
Fumi Itabashi,
Ikumi Kanno,
Masashi Aoki,
Atsushi Hozawa

Affiliations

Tetsuya Akaishi: Department of Education and Support for Regional Medicine, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
Tadashi Ishii: Department of Education and Support for Regional Medicine, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
Naoki Nakaya: Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Tomohiro Nakamura: Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Mana Kogure: Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Rieko Hatanaka: Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Fumi Itabashi: Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Ikumi Kanno: Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Masashi Aoki: Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
Atsushi Hozawa: Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/20503121221105328
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10

Abstract

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to search for routine blood test biomarkers in patients with physical symptoms but without a diagnosis after comprehensive routine screening diagnostic examinations. Methods: A total of 228 adults aged 0.25 were likely to have unexplained nonfocal physical symptoms ( p 0.25.

Published in SAGE Open Medicine

ISSN: 2050-3121 (Online)
Publisher: SAGE Publishing
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
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