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acute leukemia

[ə′kyüt lü′kē·mē·ə]
(medicine)
A severe blood disorder characterized by rapid onset and progress, with anemia and hemorrhagic manifestations; immature forms of leukocytes are predominant.
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Previously called biphenotypic acute leukemias (BALs), these neoplasms have been renamed mixed-phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL)3.
IMMUNOPHENOTYPING PATTERN IN MIXED PHENOTYPE ACUTE LEUKAEMIAS
A bilineal blast population comprises 2 groups of blasts that each fulfills diagnostic criteria for different lineages of acute leukemia (Figure 2, A through F).
Mixed-Phenotype Acute Leukemia: Diagnostic Criteria and Pitfalls
Patients aged <18 years, diagnosed with acute leukemia at the Department of Hematology Oncology Center, Beijing Children's Hospital (BCH), from December 2011 to September 2015 were enrolled in the study.
Clinical Characteristics of Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Acute Leukemia: A Single-center Experience with 231 Patients
Treatment of acute leukemia during pregnancy: Presentation of nine cases.
A rare case of massive hepatosplenomegaly due to acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in pregnancy
At first admission with the diagnosis of acute leukemia, the patients underwent a detailed ophthalmologic examination by an ophthalmologist.
Ophthalmologic findings in children with leukemia: a single-center study
Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation can be used when the patient with acute leukemia is in remission in an attempt to replace the patient's hematopoietic cell line with new, healthy stem cells.
Have a blast! A different meaning for patients with leukemia
5) Therapy-related mixed phenotype acute leukemia, T/myeloid, NOS has been described in one patient with multiple sclerosis treated with Mitoxantrone.
Therapy-related T/myeloid mixed phenotype acute leukemia in a patient treated with chemotherapy for cutaneous diffuse large B cell lymphoma
The suspicion of acute leukemia should be confirmed by examination of the bone marrow.
Management of abnormal uterine bleeding caused by leiomyoma in a patient with acute leukemia: a case report
Patients with acute leukemia often have underlying conditions which may decompensate or cause complications that may endanger life.
Cardiorenal syndrome followed by acute hepatitis C in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia
Results from the in vitro culture revealed that VP-16 upregulated TRAIL expression in the bone marrow mononuclear cells of patients with acute leukemia, but the binding of VP-16 to IFN did not enhance TRAIL expression as compared with VP-16 alone (p>0.
Regulation of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand expression in primary acute leukemic cells by chemotherapeutics / Primer Akut Losemi Hucrelerinde, Kemoterapotiklerin Tumor Nekrozis Faktor Alakali Apoptozis Indukleyici Ligand Ekspresyonunu Duzenlemesi
Hematological characteristics, FAB and WHO classification of 153 cases of myeloid acute leukemia in Tunisia.
INVESTIGATION ON THE PREVALENCE OF LEUKAEMIA AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, LAHORE
He used his final programme notes to thank the club's fans for their support during his battle with acute leukemia.
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