Diseases

Myeloid Leukemia

Form of leukemia characterized by an uncontrolled proliferation of the myeloid lineage and their precursors (MYELOID PROGENITOR CELLS) in the bone marrow and other sites.

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Abstract

Form of leukemia characterized by an uncontrolled proliferation of the myeloid lineage and their precursors (MYELOID PROGENITOR CELLS) in the bone marrow and other sites.

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22 entry terms
  • Granulocytic Leukemia
  • Leukemia, Granulocytic
  • Leukemia, Myelocytic
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous
  • Leukemia, Myeloid
  • Myelocytic Leukemia
  • Myelogenous Leukemia
  • Granulocytic Leukemias
  • Leukemias, Granulocytic
  • Leukemias, Myelocytic
  • Leukemias, Myelogenous
  • Leukemias, Myeloid
  • Myelocytic Leukemias
  • Myelogenous Leukemias
  • Myeloid Leukemias
  • Leukemia, Monocytic, Chronic
  • Monocytic Leukemia, Chronic
  • Chronic Monocytic Leukemia
  • Chronic Monocytic Leukemias
  • Leukemia, Chronic Monocytic
  • Leukemias, Chronic Monocytic
  • Monocytic Leukemias, Chronic

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified: prefer specifics; index here for CD4+/CD56+ hematodermic neoplasms

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History Note

1989

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Previous Indexing

  • Leukemia, Myelocytic (1966-1988)

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  1. C04w.557.337w.539w
  2. C15.378w.508w.539w

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WH 265

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Myeloid Leukemia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007951. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007951
  2. Myeloid Leukemia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myeloid_leukemia
  3. Myeloid Leukemia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11688946