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A rare, aggressive variant of MULTIPLE MYELOMA characterized by the circulation of excessive PLASMA CELLS in the peripheral blood. It can be a primary manifestation of multiple myeloma or develop as a terminal complication during the disease.
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- Leukemia, Plasma Cell
- Leukemia, Plasmacytic
- Plasmacytic Leukemia
- Leukemias, Plasma Cell
- Leukemias, Plasmacytic
- Plasma Cell Leukemias
- Plasmacytic Leukemias
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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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2008 (1967)
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- Leukemia (1966)
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- National Library of Medicine. Plasma Cell Leukemia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007952. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007952
- Plasma Cell Leukemia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_cell_leukemia
- Plasma Cell Leukemia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7201765