Acute leukemia
A clonal (malignant) hematopoietic disorder with an acute onset, affecting the bone marrow and the peripheral blood. The malignant cells show minimal differentiation and are called blasts, either myeloid blasts (myeloblasts) or lymphoid blasts (lymphoblasts). [ NCIT:C9300 ]
Term info
- UMLS:C4280572
- SNOMEDCT_US:24072005
- UMLS:C0085669
- SNOMEDCT_US:91855006
peter
2008-03-27T10:32:00Z
A clonal (malignant) hematopoietic disorder with an acute onset, affecting the bone marrow and the peripheral blood. The malignant cells show minimal differentiation and are called blasts, either myeloid blasts (myeloblasts) or lymphoid blasts (lymphoblasts).
Acute blood cancer
Acute leukemias, Acute leukaemia
HP:0002488