ABSTRACT

Additional details in this case are the neutropenia and a macrocytic anaemia.

Answer 2 In the bone marrow. The bone marrow synthesizes these three cellular elements of the peripheral blood. This is referred to as trilineage haematopoiesis and comprises erythropoiesis (red cells), myelopoiesis (granulocytes) and megakaryopoiesis (platelets via megakaryocytes).