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A progressive, malignant disease of the blood-forming organs, characterized by distorted proliferation and development of leukocytes and their precursors in the blood and bone marrow. Leukemias were originally termed acute or chronic based on life expectancy but now are classified according to cellular maturity. Acute leukemias consist of predominately immature cells; chronic leukemias are composed of more mature cells. (From The Merck Manual, 2006)
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- Leucocythaemia
- Leucocythemia
- Leucocythaemias
- Leucocythemias
- Leukemias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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general or unspecified; many specific leukemia types are available
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- National Library of Medicine. Leukemia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007938. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007938
- Leukemia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leukemia
- Leukemia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29496