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Thanx from Sunny

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Appreciate info on leucocytes and LC.....thanx Tex & Polly!! I was stuck thinking the leuco's were the source rather than the result of infection....
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You're as welcome as rain in Texas in July, (which is about as welcome as you can possibly be. LOL).

This wouldn't apply to you, since your test was done before you started taking it, but Entocort will also cause an elevated total WBC count, since all corticosteroids will increase it. Neutrophils are increased, and monocytes, lymphocytes and eosinophils are decreased.

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It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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"You're welcome" from me too!

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