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My wbc has been elevated since december of 2011. i had a flow cytometry and it came back clean. doctor wants to repeat, should i be concerned?
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No: Being concerned is of no use. Your doctor is doing the appropriate thing to repeat the test to ensure that blood parameters have not changed.
Answered 9/28/2016
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