Acute myelocytic leukemia

Introduction: Acute myelocytic leukemia

Description of Acute myelocytic leukemia

Acute myelocytic leukemia (medical condition): A cancer of the blood-forming tissues of the bone marrow involving the proliferation of cells that normally develop into infection-fighting cells such as eosinophils, monocytes, basophils and neutrophils. The cancerous cells replace the normal bone marrow cells. Acute leukemia involves a more rapid proliferation of cancer cells compared to chronic forms of leukemia.

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Acute myelocytic leukemia:
  »Introduction: Acute myelocytic leukemia
  »Symptoms of Acute myelocytic leukemia

Acute myelocytic leukemia: A malignant cancer of blood-forming tissues resulting in a high number of immature leukocytes. Symptoms include soft bleeding gums, anemia, fatigue, fever, dyspnea, moderate splenomegaly, joint and bone pains and frequent infections. Also called acute granulocytic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, myeloid leukemia, splenomedullary leukemia, splenomyelogenous leukemia.

Acute myelocytic leukemia: acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of granular leukocytes; most common in adolescents and young adults.
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Acute myelocytic leukemia: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Acute myelocytic leukemia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Acute myelocytic leukemia, or a subtype of Acute myelocytic leukemia, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
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Acute myelocytic leukemia as a Disease

Acute myelocytic leukemia (medical condition): See Acute myelocytic leukemia (disease information).
  »Introduction: Acute myelocytic leukemia
  »Symptoms of Acute myelocytic leukemia

More information on medical condition: Acute myelocytic leukemia:

• Information about Acute myelocytic leukemia
• Basic Summary for Acute myelocytic leukemia
• Symptoms of Acute myelocytic leukemia
• Complications of Acute myelocytic leukemia

Terms associated with Acute myelocytic leukemia:

Terms Similar to Acute myelocytic leukemia:

• acute myeloid leukemia

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Broader terms for Acute myelocytic leukemia

• myelocytic leukemia
• granulocytic leukemia
• acute leukemia

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The following terms can be used for Acute myelocytic leukemia

• acute myelogenous leukemia

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Hierarchical classifications of Acute myelocytic leukemia

The following list attempts to classify Acute myelocytic leukemia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• granulocytic leukemia,myelocytic leukemia
• cancer of the blood,leucaemia,leukaemia,leukemia
• cancer,malignant neoplastic disease
• malignant neoplasm,malignant tumor,metastatic tumor
• neoplasm,tumor,tumour
• growth
• illness,malady,sickness,unwellness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

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