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LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA [1 record]

Record 1 2014-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cancers and Oncology
  • Blood
DEF

A form of blood cancer in which a clone of white blood cells continuously increase in number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cancers et oncologie
  • Sang
OBS

On classe les leucémies en fonction du type de leucocytes qui prolifèrent. Les leucémies myéloïdes se caractérisent par la prolifération d'éléments de la lignée myéloïde, c'est-à-dire soit des leucocytes granuleux, soit des monocytes [...] Les leucémies lymphoïdes se définissent par un excès de lymphocytes.

Spanish

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