Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Definition

noun
Leukemia characterized by abnormally high levels of granulocytes in the blood and bone marrow and by the presence in most of these cells of an abnormal chromosome (the Philadelphia chromosome), occurring primarily in older adults and typically having a slow progression with early symptoms including fatigue and an enlarged spleen.
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Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Sentence Examples

  • A lung carcinoma or an infiltrate of residual or relapsing chronic myelogenous leukemia in the lung could be definitely ruled out.

  • In chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML ), the primary genetic process has been characterized.

  • In chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), the cells that are affected are the granulocytes.

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