Definition of Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

1. Noun. Acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of immature lymphoblast-like cells in bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen, and blood; most common in children.

Exact synonyms: Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
Generic synonyms: Acute Leukemia

Definition of Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

1. Noun. a type of leukemia that affects the lymphocytes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

acute inclusion body encephalitis
acute infectious nonbacterial gastroenteritis
acute inflammation
acute inflammatory polyneuropathy
acute intermittent porphyria
acute interstitial nephritis
acute interstitial pneumonia
acute interstitial pneumonitis
acute kidney failure
acute kidney transplant rejection
acute leukaemia
acute leukemia
acute lobar nephrosis
acute lower GI haemorrhage
acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
acute lymphoblastic leukemia (current term)
acute lymphocytic leukaemia
acute lymphocytic leukemia
acute malaria
acute mania
acute membranous gingivitis
acute miliary tuberculosis
acute monocytic leukaemia
acute mountain sickness
acute myeloblastic leukaemia
acute myelocytic leukemia
acute myelogenous leukaemia
acute myeloid leukaemia
acute myeloid leukemia
acute necrotising ulcerative gingivitis

Literary usage of Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cord Blood: Establishing a National Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank Program by Emily Ann Meyer, Kristine M. Gebbie, Kathi E. Hanna (2005)
"... Controversial for acute lymphoblastic leukemia and chronic myelogenous leukemia Acceptable for acute myelogenous leukemia Effective Effective, ..."

2. Catalyzing Inquiry at the Interface of Computing And Biology by John C. Wooley, Herbert Lin (2005)
"5.4.4.2 Hematology (Leukemia) Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a lethal but highly treatable disease. However, successful treatment depends ..."

3. Statistics and Science: A Festschrift for Terry Speed by Darlene Renee Goldstein, Terry Speed (2003)
"The dataset consists of a training set which contains 27 samples of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and 11 samples of acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML), ..."

4. Leukemia: A Research Report edited by Barry Leonard (1998)
"The Ph1 chromosome has also been observed in some patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who have no history of CML. Environmental factors known to ..."

5. Genetics Testing in the New Millennium: Advances, Standards and Implications edited by Constance A. Morella (2001)
"... methotrexate metabolism, outcome in childhood B-progenitor cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A Pediatrie Oncology Group Study. ..."

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