The nurse reviewing a hematology report recognizes pancytopenia, which is when
a. cellular components of the blood are reduced.
b. platelets are immature and dividing rapidly.
c. red cells have become polymorphic.
d. white cells are poorly undifferentiated.
A
Pancytopenia is a condition in which the leukemic process has reduced or obliterated all other cellular components of the blood.
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