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Leukemia

"Leukemia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A progressive, malignant disease of the blood-forming organs, characterized by distorted proliferation and development of leukocytes and their precursors in the blood and bone marrow. Leukemias were originally termed acute or chronic based on life expectancy but now are classified according to cellular maturity. Acute leukemias consist of predominately immature cells; chronic leukemias are composed of more mature cells. (From The Merck Manual, 2006)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Leukemia" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Leukemia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 46 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2013 and 2021
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