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A neoplasm characterized by abnormalities of the lymphoid cell precursors leading to excessive lymphoblasts in the marrow and other organs. It is the most common cancer in children and accounts for the vast majority of all childhood leukemias.
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- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- Acute Lymphoid Leukemia
- Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic
- Leukemia, Lymphoblastic
- Leukemia, Lymphoblastic, Acute
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute
- Leukemia, Lymphoid, Acute
- Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute
- Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
- Lymphocytic Leukemia, Acute
- Lymphoma, Lymphoblastic
- Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Leukemia, Acute Lymphocytic
- Leukemia, Acute Lymphoid
- Lymphoid Leukemia, Acute
- Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia Lymphoma
- ALL, Childhood
- Leukemia, Lymphoblastic, Acute, L1
- Leukemia, Lymphoblastic, Acute, L2
- Leukemia, Lymphoblastic, Acute, Philadelphia-Positive
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute, L1
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute, L2
- Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute, Adult
- Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute, Childhood
- Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute, L1
- Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute, L2
- Lymphocytic Leukemia, L1
- Lymphocytic Leukemia, L2
- Childhood ALL
- L1 Lymphocytic Leukemia
- L2 Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Leukemia, L1 Lymphocytic
- Leukemia, L2 Lymphocytic
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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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2008; for LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA use LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOID 1989-2007
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054198. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054198
- Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18556893