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acute lymphocytic leukemia: acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and blood; most common in children
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| acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
ALL. A quickly progressing disease in which too many immature white blood cells called lymphoblasts are found in the blood and bone marrow. Also called acute lymphocytic leukemia.
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| acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
cancer that begins in immature lymphocytic blood cells and progresses very quickly. This is the most common type of leukemia in young children. It also occurs in adults, especially those over age 65. Sometimes called acute lymphocytic anemia or acute lymphoid anemia.
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| acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
A rapidly progressive cancer that starts by the malignant transformation of a marrow lymphocyte. ALL is the most common form of childhood leukemia. The transformed, now malignant, cell multiplies and accumulates in the marrow as leukemic lymphoblasts. The lymphoblasts block normal blood cell-formation in the marrow, resulting in insufficient production of red cells, white cells and platelets. The specific chromosome and genic changes in the affected cells can be used to classify ALL. ...
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| acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or ALL, is the most common form of childhood leukemia, a cancer of the white blood cells that invades the bone marrow and crowds out normal healthy blood cells.
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