What is Kostmann's syndrome?

Also known as: Kostmann syndrome, Kostmann disease, severe congenital neutropenia, SCN, infantile genetic agranulocytosis.

Kostmann's syndrome is a disease of the bone marrow where children are born without a type of white blood cell - neutrophil (also called a granulocyte) which are normally used to fight infection.

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Reviewed by: Jack Wolfsdorf, MD, FAAP

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