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Descriptor English: Leukemia
Descriptor Spanish: Leucemia
Descriptor leucemia
Entry term(s) leucemias
leucocitemia
leucocitemias
leucosis
Scope note: Enfermedad maligna progresiva de los órganos hematopoyéticos caracterizada por una proliferación y desarrollo distorsionados de los leucocitos y de sus precursores en la sangre y médula ósea. Las leucemias fueron denominadas originalmente como agudas o crónicas atendiendo a la esperanza de vida, pero en la actualidad se clasifican de acuerdo a la madurez celular. Las leucemias agudas constan predominantemente de células inmaduras; las leucemias crónicas están compuestas de células más maduras. (Traducción libre del original: The Merck Manual, 2006).
Descriptor Portuguese: Leucemia
Descriptor French: Leucémies
Entry term(s): Leucocythaemia
Leucocythaemias
Leucocythemia
Leucocythemias
Leukemias
Tree number(s): C04.557.337
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007938
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)
Annotation: general or unspecified; many specific leukemia types are available
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Related: Leukemic Infiltration MeSH
DeCS ID: 23872
Unique ID: D007938
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Leukemia - Preferred
Concept UI M0012382
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)
Preferred term Leukemia
Entry term(s) Leucocythaemia
Leucocythaemias
Leucocythemia
Leucocythemias
Leukemias



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