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Reducing body weight can be a cause of low wbc?
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Very unlikely: Low wbc, or leukopenia, has very many causes. Weight loss, in and of itself, does not cause leukopenia. However, you can have low wbcs from malnutrition associated with weight loss.
Answered 9/28/2016
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