Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia: Introduction
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A cancer of the blood and bone marrow where too many abnormal lymphocytes (white blood cells) are produced which eventually crowds out healthy blood cells in the body.
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Definitions of Chronic lymphocytic leukemia:
Chronic leukemia characterized by morphologically mature but immunologically less mature lymphocytes; manifested by an abnormal accumulation of these cells in blood, bone marrow, and lymphatic tissue.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Chronic leukemia characterized by lymphoblast-like cells; more common in older men
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, or a subtype of Chronic lymphocytic leukemia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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