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MeSH Heading: Leukemia
Tree Number(s): C04.557.337; C15.378.508
Unique ID: D007938
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007938
Annotation: general or unspecified; many specific leukemia types are available
Scope Note: A progressive, malignant disease of the blood-forming organs, characterized by distorted proliferation and development of leukocytes and their precursors in the blood and bone marrow. Leukemias were originally termed acute or chronic based on life expectancy but now are classified according to cellular maturity. Acute leukemias consist of predominately immature cells; chronic leukemias are composed of more mature cells. (From The Merck Manual, 2006)
Entry Term(s): Leucocythaemia; Leucocythemia
See Also: Leukemic Infiltration
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2023/05/31

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0012382
Scope Note: A progressive, malignant disease of the blood-forming organs, characterized by distorted proliferation and development of leukocytes and their precursors in the blood and bone marrow. Leukemias were originally termed acute or chronic based on life expectancy but now are classified according to cellular maturity. Acute leukemias consist of predominately immature cells; chronic leukemias are composed of more mature cells. (From The Merck Manual, 2006)
Terms: Leukemia Preferred Term
Term UI T023645
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1978); Leucocythaemia
Term UI T786153
Date02/24/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Leucocythemia
Term UI T786154
Date02/24/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012)

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