Hairy cell leukemia
Hairy cell leukemia: Introduction
Hairy cell leukemia: A chronic leukemia which causes an excess of abnormal mononuclear cells which appear hair like under microscopy.
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Symptoms of Hairy cell leukemia
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Definitions of Hairy cell leukemia:
Hairy cell leukemia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Hairy cell leukemia, or a subtype of Hairy cell leukemia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Hairy cell leukemia as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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