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My daughters white blood cell count is 12.6 and platelets are 442 and carbon dioxide is 20 should i be concerned?

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Probably Not: Not really, but the context of whu these tests were done is important.Tha numbers are not really concerning otherwise.

Answered 5/2/2017

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