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leukaemia (esp US), leukemia an acute or chronic disease characterized by a gross proliferation of leucocytes, which crowd into the bone marrow, spleen, lymph nodes, etc., and suppress the blood-forming apparatus How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Matthew Pearce, a 16 year old leukaemia sufferer from Perth, was refused a Disability Support Pension (DSP) because his condition was not considered a 'permanent disability' by Centrelink assessment staff. Viruses detected in HTLV-I associated myelopathy and adult T-cell leukaemia are identical on DNA blotting. Overall, extremely low frequency magnetic fields were evaluated as possibly carcinogenic to humans (IIB), based on the statistical association of higher level residential ELF magnetic fields and increased risk for childhood leukaemia. |
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