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Leukemia
Short phrase associations with leukemias
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12/13/2009

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Term
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Definition

Maturation Arrest

Etiology: Down Syndrome, prior hematologic disorders

Sx: Auer Rods

Tx: chemo, Allogenic SCT

Term
Acute Monocytic Leukemia
Definition
Subtype of AML that tends to involve the skin and CNS
Term
Acute Megaloblastic Leukemia
Definition
Subtype of AML that tends to present with a mediastinal germ cell tumor
Term
Acute Promyeloid Leukemia
Definition

Subtype of AML

Epidemiology: Hispanics

Etiology: no prior MDS

Tx: ATRA

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