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ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acute leukemia characterized by proliferation of granular leukocytes; most common in adolescents and young adults
Synonyms:
acute myelocytic leukemia; acute myeloid leukemia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("acute myeloid leukemia" is a kind of...):
acute leukemia (rapidly progressing leukemia)
granulocytic leukemia; myelocytic leukemia (a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood)
Context examples:
This allele, which encodes MIR29B2 RNA, plays a role in lung cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes.
(MIR29B2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of cholangiocarcinoma, acute myeloid leukemia and sickle cell disease.
(MIR320A Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This aberration is associated with infant acute myeloid leukemia.
(MNX1/ETV6 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This fusion protein is associated with acute myeloid leukemia.
(MOZ-V Fusion Protein Expression, NCI Thesaurus)
The acute myeloid leukemia is usually an acute megakaryoblastic leukemia, and is associated with GATA1 gene mutation.
(Myeloid Leukemia Associated with Down Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Certain myeloproliferative disorders may become acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
(Myeloproliferative disorder, NCI Dictionary)
The gene can be involved in a pericentric inversion inv(16)(p13;q22) that is found in acute myeloid leukemia of M4Eo subtype.
(MYH11 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This rearrangement is rare and is associated with acute myeloid leukemia.
(NPM1/RARA Long Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
When the proliferating cells are immature myeloid cells and myeloblasts, it is called acute myeloid leukemia.
(Myeloid Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)
Patients usually present with chronic eosinophilic leukemia, and less often with acute myeloid leukemia or T-lymphoblastic leukemia.
(Myeloid and Lymphoid Neoplasms with PDGFRA Rearrangement, NCI Thesaurus)
