Concept information
Preferred term
Leukemia
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Leucocythaemia
- Leucocythaemias
- Leucocythemia
- Leucocythemias
Note
- general or unspecified; many specific leukemia types are available
Scope note
- 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)
In other languages
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Finnish
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leucaemia
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leucaemia non specificata
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leucaemiae typo cellulari non specificato
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leuchaemia
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leuchaemia non specificata
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leuchaemiae typo cellulari non specificato
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leukemi med icke specificerad celltyp
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leukemiat
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määrittämätön leukemia
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ospecificerad leukemi
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solutyypiltään määrittämätön leukemia
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verisyöpä
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Swedish
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Blodcancer
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007938
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