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LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL
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Descriptor
English
:
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Leucemia Linfocítica Crónica de Células B
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Leucemia Linfocítica Crônica de Células B
Synonyms
English
:
B-Cell Leukemia, Chronic
B-Lymphocytic Leukemia, Chronic
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Leukemia, B-Cell, Chronic
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic
Lymphocytic Leukemia, Chronic, B-Cell
Lymphoma, Small Lymphocytic
Tree Number:
C04.557.337.428.080.125
C15.604.515.560.080.125
C20.683.515.528.080.125
Definition
English
:
A chronic
leukemia
characterized by abnormal
B-lymphocytes
and often generalized lymphadenopathy. In
patients
presenting predominately with
blood
and
bone marrow
involvement it is called chronic lymphocytic
leukemia
(CLL); in those predominately with enlarged
lymph nodes
it is called small lymphocytic
lymphoma
. These terms represent spectrums of the same
disease
.
History Note
English
:
2008 (1989)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced
classification
congenital
complications
diet therapy
diagnosis
drug therapy
economics
ethnology
embryology
enzymology
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history
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mortality
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pathology
prevention & control
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
surgery
therapy
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
23712
Unique Identifier:
D015451
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