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... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Disease Attributes > Chronic Disease > Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive > Blast Crisis
... > Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases > Hematologic Diseases > Bone Marrow Diseases > Myeloproliferative Disorders > Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive > Blast Crisis
... > Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases > Hematologic Diseases > Leukemia > Leukemia, Myeloid > Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive > Blast Crisis
... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Leukemia > Leukemia, Myeloid > Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive > Blast Crisis
... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Neoplastic Processes > Carcinogenesis > Cell Transformation, Neoplastic > Blast Crisis
Neoplasms > Neoplastic Processes > Carcinogenesis > Cell Transformation, Neoplastic > Blast Crisis

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Blast Crisis  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Blast Phase
  • Blast Phases
  • Phase, Blast
  • Phases, Blast

Note

  • coordinate IM with specific neoplasm term /pathol (IM); note category; do not confuse with BLAST TRANSFORMATION see LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; blast transformation in chronic myelogenous leukemia goes here not at LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION

Scope note

  • An advanced phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia, characterized by a rapid increase in the proportion of immature white blood cells (blasts) in the blood and bone marrow to greater than 30%.

History note

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001752

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