Diseases

Preleukemia

Conditions in which the abnormalities in the peripheral blood or bone marrow represent the early manifestations of acute leukemia, but in which the changes are not of sufficient magnitude or specificity to permit a diagnosis of acute leukemia by the usual clinical criteria.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Conditions in which the abnormalities in the peripheral blood or bone marrow represent the early manifestations of acute leukemia, but in which the changes are not of sufficient magnitude or specificity to permit a diagnosis of acute leukemia by the usual clinical criteria.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Preleukemias

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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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do not use /compl for develop into leukemia

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Tree Numbers

  1. C04w.834w.770
  2. C15.378w.800

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Preleukemia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011289. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011289
  2. Preleukemia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68462838