AML: abbreviation of: Acute myeloid leukemia
AML: abbreviation of: Arithmetic Mean of the Logarithm
AML: abbreviation of: Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
More information on medical condition: Acute myeloid leukemia:
AML: Acute myelogenous leukemia. A quickly progressing disease in which too many immature blood-forming cells are found in the blood and bone marrow. Also called acute myeloid leukemia or acute nonlymphocytic leukemia.
Source: National Institute of Health
AML: A clonal expansion of myeloid blasts in the bone marrow, blood or other tissues. The classification of acute myeloid leukemias (AMLs) encompasses four major categories: 1) AML with recurrent genetic abnormalities 2) AML with multilineage dysplasia 3) Therapy-related AML 4) AML not otherwise categorized. The required bone marrow or peripheral blood blast percentage for the diagnosis of AML has been recently reduced from 30% (French-American-British [FAB] classification) to 20% (WHO classification). (WHO, 2001) -- 2003
Source: Diseases Database
AML: Another name for Acute myeloid leukemia.
AML (condition): A form of rapidly progressing blood cancer resulting in the rapid proliferation of granulocytes and monocytes, red blood cells and platelets.
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